St. Martha of Bethany
Born and died 1st century.
Contemporary of our Lord and the Apostles.
We best know Martha from the Gospels of John and Luke as the sister of Mary (whom the Roman Catholic Church believes to be Mary Magdalene), and of Lazarus (whom Jesus raised from the dead). Jesus and his disciples visited and received lodging and food at the home of Martha on at least two occasions recorded in the Scriptures. She and her brother and sister lived in the town of Bethany, approximately a mile and a half from Jerusalem along the road to Jericho on the south side of the Mount of Olives.
The account of the dinner event recorded in Luke 10:38-42 depicts Martha as worried and anxious: As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!" "Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."
It may seem as if Jesus is chiding Martha in this passage but He is merely teaching. He loved Martha. It was Martha who acknowledges that, “You are the Christ, the Son of God, even He who comes into the world.” Jn. 11:27. In this, she acknowledges him as God and Savior.
Little is known about what becomes of St. Martha .We have no further information provided by Holy Scriptures, only legends.