To highlight the element of wealth and nobility* in the woman which, when freed from evil spirits , followed and supported materially Jesus throughout His teaching along with other women (named Holy Myrrh-bearers in the Orthodox Church), risked and gave everything for Him and rewarded by being the first to Witness His resurrection. And I believe that is the same element we highlight by painting martyrs in red- Nobility, acquired not by heritage but by their virtues and their suffering.

This Red is Porpura (Porpura) or else referred as * Tyrian red or “Tyrian purple” . In antiquity and until the first fall of Constantinople in 1204- purple was made by an extravagantly expensive dye and was reserved as a color only for the garments of the Emperors and of the very- very rich. Now in art, Tyrian purple can be interpreted as a very rich color ranging from a bluish purple- to Lucius dried blood red and is reserved to show wealth and authority