In
Orthodox Christian tradition the
Myrrhbearers (
Greek: Μυροφόροι,
Latin:
Myrophorae;
Slavonic: Жены́-мѷроно́сицы; ) are the individuals mentioned in the
New Testament who were directly involved in the burial or who discovered the
empty tomb following the
resurrection of Jesus. The term traditionally refers to the women with
myrrh who came to the
tomb of Christ early in the morning to find it empty. In
Western Christianity, the
two women at the tomb,
Three Marys or other variants are the terms normally used. Also included are
Joseph of Arimathea and
Nicodemus, who took the body of Jesus down from the cross, embalmed it with
myrrh and
aloes, wrapped it in clean
linen, and placed it in a new tomb. (, , , , ).