All Religious Medals are Customizable. We can change the spelling, your language, names etc, ex:
change "Pray for Us" to "Pray For Me". Just let us know in "special instructions"
if you would like it for a charm bracelet, request a split ring instead of a bail in the "special
instructions"
The primary source of information on Saint Mary of Egypt is the Vita written of her by St. Sophronius, the Patriarch of
Jerusalem (634 - 638). Most of the information in this section is taken from this source.
Saint Mary, also known as Maria Aegyptica, was born somewhere in Egypt, and at the age of twelve ran away to the city of
Alexandria where she lived an extremely dissolute life. In her Vita it states that she often refused the money offered
for
her sexual favors, as she was driven "by an insatiable and an irrepressible passion," and that she mainly lived by
begging, supplemented by spinning flax.
Mary of Egypt
After seventeen years of this lifestyle, she traveled to Jerusalem for the Great Feasts of the Exaltation of the Holy
Cross. She undertook the journey as a sort of "anti-pilgrimage," stating that she hoped to find in the pilgrim crowds at
Jerusalem even more partners in her lust. She paid for her passage by offering sexual favors to other pilgrims, and she
continued her habitual lifestyle for a short time in Jerusalem. Her Vita relates that when she tried to enter the Church
of the Holy Sepulchre for the celebration, she was barred from doing so by an unseen force. Realizing that this was
because of her impurity, she was struck with remorse, and upon seeing an icon of the Theotokos (the Virgin Mary) outside
the church, she prayed for forgiveness and promised to give up the world (i.e., become an ascetic). Then she attempted
again to enter the church, and this time was permitted in. After venerating the relic of the true cross, she returned to
the icon to give thanks, and heard a voice telling her, "If you cross the Jordan, you will find glorious rest." She
immediately went to the monastery of St. John the Baptist on the bank of the River Jordan, where she received absolution
and afterwards Holy Communion. The next morning, she crossed the Jordan and retired to the desert to live the rest of
her
life as a hermit in penitence. She took with her only three loaves of bread, and once they were gone, lived only on what
she could find in the wilderness.
Item can be engraved with message, names, dates or monogram.
Engraving doesn't delay your shipment.
Available in Solid 10K &14K Yellow or White Gold, or Sterling Silver
Is a Chain Included? You can choose which chain to add to your order when checking out
Pendant Bail - fits up to 4mm chain. We can make bail larger, just let us know in the special instructions upon ordering
All Sterling Silver is protected with a tarnish resistance to help it last for years without tarnishing.
