QUESTION:

5/13/2010: Is Mary Magdalen believed to have been a prostitute? This does not appear to be explicitly in scripture; is it part of the Orthodox belief?

ANSWER:

Please refer to http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=102070

To my knowledge, there is no reference to her having been a prostitute in Orthodox tradition.

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