Lentorama 2021: Take Your Holiday to Go

Day 27: Sunday of the Myrrhbearers

This Eastern Christian observance takes place on the third Sunday of Pascha, and celebrates the people who brought myrhh and other spices to the tomb of Jesus (such as Mary Magdalen) and those who oversaw the entombment (like Joseph of Arimathea). 

The placement of this feast reflects a concept called synaxis, where the secondary figures in a larger feast are celebrated with their own feast on the following day. In this case, though, the day has to be pushed back due to the observance of Bright Week and Thomas Sunday. There doesn't seem to be any specific celebration tied to the feast, though there are special mention of the myrrhbearers during the week, and churches named for any of the myrrhbearers may have their own festival as well.