Editing Mary Magdalene (section)

===Eastern Orthodox===
The [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] has never identified Mary Magdalene with [[Mary of Bethany]] or the "sinful woman" who anoints Jesus in Luke 7:36–50{{sfn|Green|2014|pages=25–29}} and has always taught that Mary was a virtuous woman her entire life, even before her conversion.{{sfn|Green|2014|pages=25–29}} They have never celebrated her as a penitent.{{sfn|Green|2014|pages=25–29}} Mary Magdalene's image did not become conflated with other women mentioned in Biblical texts until Pope Gregory the Great's sermon in the sixth century, and even then this only occurred in Western traditions. Instead, she has traditionally been honored as a "[[Myrrhbearers|Myrrhbearer]]" (Μυροφόρος; the equivalent of the western [[Three Marys]]){{sfn|Green|2014|page=27}} and "[[Equal-to-apostles|Equal to the Apostles]]" (ἰσαπόστολος).{{sfn|Green|2014|page=27}} For centuries, it has been the custom of many Eastern Orthodox Christians to share [[Easter egg|dyed and painted eggs]], particularly on [[Easter|Easter Sunday]]. The eggs represent new life, and Christ bursting forth from the tomb. Among [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox Christians]] this sharing is accompanied by the proclamation [[Paschal greeting|"Christ is risen!"]] One folk tradition concerning Mary Magdalene says that following the death and resurrection of Jesus, she used her position to gain an invitation to a banquet given by the [[Roman emperor]] [[Tiberius]] in Rome. When she met him, she held a plain egg in her hand and exclaimed, "Christ is risen!". The emperor laughed, and said that Christ rising from the dead was as likely as the egg in her hand turning red while she held it. Before he finished speaking, the egg in her hand turned a bright red and she continued proclaiming the Gospel to the entire imperial house.<ref>Abernethy and Beaty, ''The Folklore of Texan Cultures'', Denton University of North Texas Press, 2000, p. 261.</ref>