List of Women of the New Testament

We've heard from many of you that you love your Women of the New Testament icon, and want to be able to easily access the list of women it contains. 

Iconographer Heather MacKean kindly shared her list of women in the New Testament (not counting the Theotokos) with us:

• Anna the mother of the Theotokos
• Elizabeth the mother of John the Baptist
• Prophetess Anna, who witnessed the Presentation of Christ to St. Symeon in the Temple
• Widow of Nain whose son Christ raised from the dead
• The poor widow who gave the 2 mites in the temple
• The wife of Jairus and daughter of Jairus
• Peter’s mother in law
• Junia who was one of the 70 apostles
• Apphia who was also one of the 70 apostles. She was the wife of Philemon, the first bishop of Gaza. And was martyred with her husband.
• The Mother of Rufus (and Alexander)who was probably the wife of Simon of Cyrene. Paul commends her as his “mother” because of her loving maternal care for him
• Lydia who was baptized with her whole family in Philippi by St. Paul. She is considered by the Orthodox Church as “Equal to the Apostles “
• Chloe of Corinth who alerted St. Paul to the divisions in the Corinthian church
• Persis who St. Paul calls a beloved friend and commends her for her hard work for the church
• Thekla who was converted by St. Paul. She is also considered to be “ Equal to the Apostles “. She worked with Paul and Barnabas to spread the Gospel . She lived for many years as a hermit in a cave in the desert. She is considered to be the first female martyr.
• Tabitha/Dorcas, a weaver in Joppa who was raised from the dead by Peter
• Syntyche and Euodia who were co-workers with St. Paul at the church in Philippi
• Priscilla who with her husband Aguila were fellow tent makers and worked with St. Paul to spread the Gospel.
• Eunice, St. Timothy’s mother
• Lois, Timothy’s grandmother who St. Paul commends for her sincere faith
• Nympha, who St. Paul mentions in the Gospel
• Phoebe the deaconess
• Mary the wife of Cleopas and mother of John Mark who had a church in her home
• Mary of Rome who treated St. Paul with tremendous kindness
• Basilissa and Anastasia who were converted by Sts. Peter and Paul and became martyrs
• Damaris who is considered to be the first Athenian woman converted by St. Paul
• Julia who is mentioned by St. Paul
• The Syrophoenician woman who asked Christ to heal her daughter who was afflicted by demons
• Tryphena and Tryphosa commended by St. Paul for their hard work for the Lord
• Zenaida and Philonella who were cousins of St. Paul. They provided free medical care to the sick.
• Berenice and Drusilla who were daughters of Herod Agrippa and converts to the faith
• Claudia who was the wife of Pontius Pilate
• Candace the Queen of Ethiopia
• Photini- the Samaritan woman at the well who converted her whole family after her encounter with Christ. She is also considered to be “Equal to the Apostles”. She was martyred with her 2 sons and 5 sisters- Anatole, Phota, Photida, Kyriake and Paraskeva
• Domnina the daughter of Nero who was converted by St. Photini. Domnina brought into the faith with her a hundred slaves.
• Rhoda
• Mariamne the sister of the apostle Philip
• Enkhidia, Charilene and Hermione were Philip’s 3 daughters. They were prophets and unmercenary healers. Hermione also became a martyr.

• The 7 Myrrhbearing women- Salome, Joanna, Mary, Susanna, Martha and Mary ( who were the sisters of Lazarus) and Mary Magdalene from whom Christ cast out 7 demons.
   

  (After I varnished the icon I found out that Dorcas and Tabitha are the same person. And I also found out that the woman with the flow of blood was named Bernice. So the next time I am in Portland, I would like to change the name of the woman currently labeled Dorcas to Bernice.)

Thank you, Heather!