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Paschal Homily of St. John Chrysostom

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Paschal Homily of St. John Chrysostom

Wherefore, enter ye all into the joy of your Lord; Receive your reward, both the first, and likewise the second. You rich and poor together, hold high festival! You sober and you heedless, honour the day! Rejoice today, both you who have fasted and you who have disregarded the fast. The table is full-laden; feast ye all sumptuously. The calf is fatted; let no one go hungry away. Enjoy ye all the feast of faith: receive ye all the riches of loving-kindness.

The Great And Holy Feast Of Pascha

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The Great And Holy Feast Of Pascha

On the Great and Holy Feast of Pascha, Orthodox Christians celebrate the life-giving Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This feast of feasts is the most significant day in the life of the Church. It is a celebration of the defeat of death, as neither death itself nor the power of the grave could hold our Savior captive. In this victory that came through the Cross, Christ broke the bondage of sin, and through faith offers us restoration, transformation, and eternal life.

Paschal Hours

Sung during Bright Week

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Paschal Hours

Sung during Bright Week

In this manner, the Third and Sixth Hours are chanted before Liturgy. Likewise also before Vespers, for the Ninth Hour; and once for Compline. Likewise for the Midnight Office. It is a pious tradition to substitute the Paschal Hours for morning and evening prayers during all of Bright week.

The Origins of Pascha and Great Week

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The Origins of Pascha and Great Week

Thus Great Week was born. The crucifixion, burial and resurrection of Christ, together with the event of the Mystical Supper, constituted the very heart and center of the Great Week. The solemn celebration of these events began on Thursday evening and ended on the early dawn of Sunday. During the course of the fourth century a process was set in motion by which the solemnities of the Week would be further enhanced and elaborated.

The Paschal Service of the Eastern Orthodox Church

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The Paschal Service of the Eastern Orthodox Church

The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the center of the Christian faith. St. Paul says that if Christ is not raised from the dead, then our preaching and faith are in vain (I Cor. 15:14).

On Death and Resurrection in Christ

St. Gregory the Theologian

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On Death and Resurrection in Christ

St. Gregory the Theologian

Yesterday I was crucified with Him; today I am glorified with Him. Yesterday I died with Him; today I am made alive with Him. Yesterday I was buried with Him; today I am raised up with Him.

Pascha: the day that the Lord has made (Ps. 118:24)

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Pascha: the day that the Lord has made (Ps. 118:24)

Christians throughout the world celebrate the Feast of the Resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. He destroyed death by His death, and opened unto us the doors of paradise, and bestowed upon us the fullness of life and of great mercy. The power of the Resurrection of Christ transforms our weakness, and releases within us the dynamic of growing into the image and likeness of our Risen Lord.

Dachau 1945: The Souls of All Are Aflame

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Dachau 1945: The Souls of All Are Aflame

In 1945, a Paschal Liturgy like no other was performed. Just days after their liberation by the US military on April 29, 1945, hundreds of Orthodox Christian prisoners at the Dachau concentration camp gathered to celebrate the Resurrection service and to give thanks.

Orthodox Christians Celebrate Holy Pascha

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Orthodox Christians Celebrate Holy Pascha

Orthodox Christians around the world celebrated the Easter or the Holy Pascha. The Orthodox believe Pascha to be the most ancient and important celebration of Christianity, with the services similar to the one held at the tomb of Christ in Jerusalem since the third century.

On Pascha We Receive an Invitation to Eternal Life

Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov), Valery Konovalov

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On Pascha We Receive an Invitation to Eternal Life

Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov), Valery Konovalov

The living feeling of the pulse of eternity, which responds in every Christian, is especially felt on the feast of Pascha, the Resurrection. Little children are aware until they grow up that death is something completely foreign, incomprehensible, and unnatural to man. We adults remember well this perception of the realty of eternity in our childhood as one of the constants of existence of a person only recently come into the world.

Christos Anesti!

Irina Sklyarevskaya

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Christos Anesti!

Irina Sklyarevskaya

Suddenly in the midst of this motley and rather unpleasant crowd I saw a group of very beautiful young men and ladies. I understood that they were foreigners, but that they were somehow out of the ordinary and special. There was some sort of light in them. They walked around the churchyard fence looking lost and obviously searching for something—as it turned out, the entrance.

Palestinian Christians Find Hope in Easter and Women in Bethlehem Offer their Traditional Easter Cookie (Ma'moul) Recipie

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Palestinian Christians Find Hope in Easter and Women in Bethlehem Offer their Traditional Easter Cookie (Ma'moul) Recipie

...Indeed, Easter celebrations in Palestine in general and in Bethlehem and Jerusalem in particular have a special vigor. From Palm Sunday until Easter Day sounds of church bells, drums, boys and girls scouts performing in the streets, and the chanting of hymns create a magical atmosphere that expresses a sense of spirituality that is deeply rooted in a community that is literally thousands of years old. According to Aida, " Jesus was Palestinian. He is one of us. As the followers of Jesus we are the first Christian community and we have lived for centuries in the same towns and villages where he lived."

Symbolic Lamb: Around the World, Christians Celebrate Easter With This Dish

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Symbolic Lamb: Around the World, Christians Celebrate Easter With This Dish

Christians often celebrate Easter on different Sundays, as is the case again this year, because of differences in how the date is determined by the Eastern and Western churches. Whether it be April 8 (West) or April 15 (East), there's agreement that lamb is one of the most symbolic dishes you can place on the table at Easter.

Pascha With Papadiamantis: Lessons from a Panegyrist

Christopher Tripoulas

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Pascha With Papadiamantis: Lessons from a Panegyrist

Christopher Tripoulas

There are few opportunities like Holy Week to gain empirical knowledge and partake in the Philokalic (love of beauty) Hellenic tradition that masterfully comes to life each year in Greek Orthodox churches and homes all over the world. The Orthodox Christian mentality is expressed in our persistent focus on the Resurrection.

A Paschal Homily of Blessed Justin of Chelije

St. Justin Popovic

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A Paschal Homily of Blessed Justin of Chelije

St. Justin Popovic

Man sentenced God to death; by His Resurrection, He sentenced man to immortality. In return for a beating, He gives an embrace; for abuse, a blessing; for death, immortality. Man never showed so much hate for God as when he crucified Him; and God never showed more love for man than when He arose. Man even wanted to reduce God to a mortal, but God by His Resurrection made man immortal. The crucified God is Risen and has killed death. Death is no more. Immortality has surrounded man and all the world.

In Defense of the Holy Fire

Deacon Giorgi Maximov

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In Defense of the Holy Fire

Deacon Giorgi Maximov

Last time in the Russian-language Internet, a whole campaign was conducted to discredit the miracle of the Holy Fire. The fundamental idea of these “exposés” is that purportedly there are Orthodox who themselves deny the genuineness of this miracle but at the same time continue to “dupe simple, ingenuous people.” What arguments are offered to support this idea of duping and conscious deceit?

Paschal Homily by Archimandrite John Krestiankin, 1993

Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)

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Paschal Homily by Archimandrite John Krestiankin, 1993

Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)

Now all things are filled with light: heaven, and earth, and the nether regions… Christ is Risen! Children of God! I greet you from an abundance of unearthly joy, scorching with the power of these divine words: Christ is Risen! The holy fire of this saving good news, flashing out once again in a bright flame from the Lord’s Holy Sepulcher, has poured across the world.

Paschal Epistle of St. John Maximovitch, 1940

St. John Maximovitch

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Paschal Epistle of St. John Maximovitch, 1940

St. John Maximovitch

The present night is not an ordinary night! Brighter than day, it illuminates our souls! The rays of the Sun of the world illumine us and the whole universe, enlightening all who come to His light.

A Village Easter: Memories of Childhood

Alexandros Papadiamandis

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A Village Easter: Memories of Childhood

Alexandros Papadiamandis

Uncle Milios never spoke a truer word, when he said the good Christians living outside the town might end up having to celebrate Easter that year without a liturgy. In fact no prophecy was ever closer to fulfilment, for it almost came true twice — but happily God made the authorities see the light, and in the end the poor villagers, local shepherd-farmers, were judged worthy to hear the Word of God and eat the festive eggs.

Saint John Chrysostom on the Truth of the Resurrection

St. John Chrysostom

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Saint John Chrysostom on the Truth of the Resurrection

St. John Chrysostom

And indeed when should they have stolen Him? on the Sabbath? And how? for it was not lawful so much as to go out. And even if they transgressed the law, how should they have dared, who were so timid, to come forth? And how could they also have been able to persuade the multitude? By saying what? By doing what?

All-Conquering Love

Bishop Alexander (Mileant)

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All-Conquering Love

Bishop Alexander (Mileant)

The Holy Myrrhbearing Women were in a similar situation. You will recall that even Peter, the most determined and courageous of Apostles, had renounced Christ only two days earlier, out of fear that a servant girl would report him. The other disciples of Christ, fearful of being arrested scattered abroad. When they met again to discuss what to do next, on the third day after Christ's crucifixion, they did it secretly "for fear of the Jews."

Christ Has Risen within Your Heart!

Fr. George Calciu

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Christ Has Risen within Your Heart!

Fr. George Calciu

During Pascha of 1981, I was in the prison of Aiud. Early that morning, when the guards was changing shifts, I broke every diabolic rule of the prison by saying to the guard (one of the cruelest): “Christ is Risen!” He hesitated a few moments, in which, like lightening, I saw passing on his face the innocence of childhood, when his mama or grandma led him by the hand to church and when he heard the angelic voice of the priest saying: “Christ is Risen!”

It is Pascha not Easter!

Fr. Michael Harper

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It is Pascha not Easter!

Fr. Michael Harper

This is a much more important subject than a mere dispute about words. If the word in English is Easter, then one is bound to ask "what word?" Was there some word which, when translated into English, became "Easter"? The plain answer is "no".

Outside of Eden

George Strickland

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Outside of Eden

George Strickland

We are just outside of Eden, but on this side of Pascha. Bishop Kallistos observes, “Lent is a time when we weep with Adam and Eve before the closed gates of Eden, repenting with them for the sins that have deprived us our free communion with God. But Lent is also a time when we are preparing to celebrate the saving event of Christ’s death and rising, which has reopened Paradise to us once more (Luke 23:43).”

The Joy of Orthodox Pascha

Wesley J. Smith

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The Joy of Orthodox Pascha

Wesley J. Smith

“Pascha?” I asked. “What’s Pascha?”The man chuckled and said, “You know it as Easter.” He then spent ten minutes explaining why “Pascha”—the “new Passover” by which the entire human race passes from slavery to freedom under Christ—should replace “Easter” as the favored term for the celebration of Christ’s Resurrection.

Paschal Joy

A Homily for Bright Saturday

St. Onuphry (Gagalyuk) of Kursk

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Paschal Joy

Pascha is a Never-Ending Celebration for the True Christian

A Homily for the Leavetaking of Pascha

St. Innocent of Kherson

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Pascha is a Never-Ending Celebration for the True Christian

A Homily for the Leavetaking of Pascha

St. Innocent of Kherson

Are there really no means to continue, in full force, not the day but the joy of the Resurrection of Christ? This is precisely what everything in Christianity is directed towards; in this lies the truest Christianity.

“Our Pascha isn’t What, but Who”

Igumen Cyprian (Parts)

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“Our Pascha isn’t What, but Who”

Igumen Cyprian (Parts)

Igumen Cyprian (Parts) from Moscow’s Sretensky Monastery talks about Paschal joy and the prerequisites for it.

We Will Hear the Voice of Christ Within Our Souls

A Homily for Bright Week

Hieromartyr Thaddeus (Uspensky)

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We Will Hear the Voice of Christ Within Our Souls

A Homily for Bright Week

Hieromartyr Thaddeus (Uspensky)

Now death, the last enemy of mankind is destroyed; now death is swallowed up forever, and we have passed from death to life, from the power of hell into the kingdom of Divine life.

The Doors of Paradise Now Open from Without
The 2022 Paschal Epistle of the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

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The Doors of Paradise Now Open from Without
The 2022 Paschal Epistle of the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

The Most Glorious Resurrection of Christ is a celebration of the triumph of good over evil, truth over falsehood, light over darkness.

Pascha Has an Eternal Dimension. On the Apodosis of Pascha

Priest Ioannis Fortomas

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Pascha Has an Eternal Dimension. On the Apodosis of Pascha

Priest Ioannis Fortomas

We beheld the Truth of Christ, His victory over death in the glorious Resurrection, and our own immortality bestowed by Christ when we looked into each other’s eyes and exclaimed Christ is Risen!

Christian Easter and its Connection with Events in the Sacred History of the Old Testament

Petr Malkov

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Christian Easter and its Connection with Events in the Sacred History of the Old Testament

Petr Malkov

The New Testament interpreters understand the most important features of this Old Testament celebration to be the signs of the future events that were fulfilled by the Incarnation of Christ.

The Language of the Love of Christ

Pascha Stories of Mother Sergia (Starkova)

Mother Sergia (Starkova)

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The Language of the Love of Christ

Pascha Stories of Mother Sergia (Starkova)

Mother Sergia (Starkova)

We learned this lesson from this encounter: There’s a special language—the language of the love of Christ, when hearts beat in unison and no interpreter is required.

Here is the Source of Life and Incorruption!

A Paschal Homily

St. Innocent of Kherson

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Here is the Source of Life and Incorruption!

A Paschal Homily

St. Innocent of Kherson

Let us, brethren, recognize our treasure and learn to cherish it as we ought: Let us not be so unthinking as to be carried about with every wind of opinions and doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness (Eph. 4:14).

Christ is Risen From the Dead, Trampling Down Death by Death, and Upon Those in the Tombs Bestowing Life!

Thoughts on the leave-taking of Bright Pascha, from a sermon by St. Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky) of Simferopol and Crimea

St Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky)

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Christ is Risen From the Dead, Trampling Down Death by Death, and Upon Those in the Tombs Bestowing Life!

Thoughts on the leave-taking of Bright Pascha, from a sermon by St. Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky) of Simferopol and Crimea

St Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky)

Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ, Who has delivered us from spiritual death and bodily destruction.

The Grandeur of Greek Pascha

Xenia Klimova

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The Grandeur of Greek Pascha

Xenia Klimova

Pascha is the principal festival of the Greek calendar.

Traditions of Celebrating Pascha in Georgia

Shio Otarashvili

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Traditions of Celebrating Pascha in Georgia

Shio Otarashvili

All these traditions help the whole of the Georgian nation experience the great joy and love that the Risen Savior brought us and share them with each other.

Paschal Dishes and Their Symbolism

Irina Pertseva

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Paschal Dishes and Their Symbolism

Irina Pertseva

Today we would like to talk about Paschal dishes—not in the context of cookery but in order to reveal the symbolism behind them.

Paschal Epistle of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad

Metropolitan Hilarion (Kapral)

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Paschal Epistle of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad

Metropolitan Hilarion (Kapral)

When a person humbles himself under the omnipotent Hand of God, he preserves peace within the depths of his heart and gradually unites with the victory of Christ.

Metropolitan Silouan (Muci)'s Paschal Message for 2019

Metropolitan Silouan (Muci) of Byblos, Botrys and dependencies

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Metropolitan Silouan (Muci)'s Paschal Message for 2019

Metropolitan Silouan (Muci) of Byblos, Botrys and dependencies

The Lord wants us to be ministers, collaborators and servants of this "Passover" among our brothers and peers.

Paschal Epistle of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine

Metropolitan Onuphry (Berezovsky)

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Paschal Epistle of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine

Metropolitan Onuphry (Berezovsky)

The Resurrection of Christ is a feast of light, because Christ, our Savior and Lord, with the radiance of His Godhead, dispersed the cold darkness of death, by which we were embraced by the sin reigning in the world.

The Stone Rolled Away. Exegesis on John 20:2

St. John Chrysostom

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The Stone Rolled Away. Exegesis on John 20:2

St. John Chrysostom

The first day of the week (that is, the Lords day) comes Mary Magdalene, very early in the morning, and sees the stone taken away from the sepulcher.

Paschal Message of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine

Metropolitan Onuphry (Berezovsky)

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Paschal Message of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine

Metropolitan Onuphry (Berezovsky)

God created us by His love to be partakers of His Divinity, to drink from Him forever as from a sacred spring, the Divine water of life. And blessed is the man who diligently preserves himself from sins, who courageously conquers himself with the word of Divine love, for such a man purifies his soul, he frees himself from the spiritual filth which humiliates him and deprives him of the ability to enjoy such a sacred gift as happiness.

“Death Has Lost Its Power and Authority”

A Paschal Interview with Met. Onuphry

Metropolitan Onuphry (Berezovsky)

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“Death Has Lost Its Power and Authority”

A Paschal Interview with Met. Onuphry

Metropolitan Onuphry (Berezovsky)

How were simple fishermen able to spread the news of the Resurrected Christ throughout the whole world? Why do we not bury the dead on Pascha? Do we have to fast before Communion during Bright Week? His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry speaks on these and other issues in this interview.

How to Share the Joy of Pascha with Others

Igumen Nektary (Morozov)

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How to Share the Joy of Pascha with Others

Igumen Nektary (Morozov)

The feast of the Resurrection of Christ is the most important for Christians. “Enjoy ye all the feast of faith: Receive ye all the riches of loving-kindness,” St. John Chrysostom summons us in his catechetical word on the feast of Pascha. The joy of the resurrected Savior is appointed for every man on earth, but not all know about it and not all understand how to join in this common exaltation. Igumen Nektary (Morozov) talks about how to share the joy of Pascha with others.

Occam’s Razor and the Resurrection

Fr. James Guirguis

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Occam’s Razor and the Resurrection

Fr. James Guirguis

We have just celebrated Pascha or Easter as it is otherwise known and the celebration that we partake of for 40 days is the celebration of Life over death, of Good over evil, of Light over darkness, of Holiness over sin. In the midst of our celebration it is easy to lose focus and to forget that this is not just a story that has been passed down to us for 2000 years.

Homily on the Day of Pascha

St. Philaret of Moscow

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Homily on the Day of Pascha

St. Philaret of Moscow

Following the Angels, we have entered into the feast of the Resurrection of Christ; we have gathered together along with the Patriarchs, the Prophets, and the Righteous, led into the Church for the feast like into Paradise and Heaven. Think then, what kind of celebration this must be! It must closely resemble the angelic; it must be worthy of communion with the Heavenly Church of Patriarchs, Prophets, and Saints; it must be worthy of Paradise and Heaven.

Pascha: The Blast of a Trumpet

Fr. Lawrence Farley

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Pascha: The Blast of a Trumpet

Fr. Lawrence Farley

Why a trumpet? Why not (for example) a signal fire, or the waving of a standard? Why a trumpet blast, and what did the blast of a trumpet mean to Israel?

Fruits of the Resurrection of Christ

Leave-taking of Pascha

Bishop Alexander (Mileant)

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Fruits of the Resurrection of Christ

Leave-taking of Pascha

Bishop Alexander (Mileant)

As all die in Adam, so in Christ shall all revive (1 Cor. 15:22). These Apostolic words expound upon not only the physical resurrection of people, but, in the first place, upon spiritual rebirth.

About seeking the living among the dead

St. Nikolai Velimirovich

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About seeking the living among the dead

St. Nikolai Velimirovich

O my brethren, let us also cease to look for the living among the dead. If there are some of us who are still seeking Christ among the dead, let them desist from this soul-destroying effort.

Celebrations of Holy Pascha in Pakistan

Fr. Joseph Farooq

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Celebrations of Holy Pascha in Pakistan

Fr. Joseph Farooq

St. Sergius of Radonezh Orthodox Church Sargodha Pakistan

Met Georges Khodr: Pascha

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Met Georges Khodr: Pascha

All of us, in life and death, are brides of Christ. Do you truly believe on account of this that you are risen from the dead?

Pascha; a Reminiscence from the Gulag

The Georgian Church for English Speakers

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Pascha; a Reminiscence from the Gulag

The Georgian Church for English Speakers

This letter from Bishop Maxim of Serpukhov, a Russian priest, is a moving testament to the resilience and cheerfulness of interned clergy during tremendous oppression. The Paschal context of his letter is poignant for us this week.

The Paschal Canon

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The Paschal Canon

It is the Day of Resurrection! Let us be radiant, O people! Pascha! The Lord's Pascha! For Christ our God has brought us from death to life, and from earth unto heaven, as we sing triumphant hymns!

Pascha of Incorruption

New Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitsky), Archbishop of Verey

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Pascha of Incorruption

New Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitsky), Archbishop of Verey

Pascha of incorruption… The ancient inheritance is returned… Our seminary theology talks about some legal accounts between God and man. Sin is called for the most part a crime against God, an offense against God, for which God’s justice must take revenge against the despicable offender. But the Church first of all calls sin corruption, the loss of our ancient inheritance: incorruption.

Holy Week and Pascha in Jerusalem

Monk Parthenius

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Holy Week and Pascha in Jerusalem

Monk Parthenius

For the Christians the greatest feast days and festival were approaching. The time of joy and sorrow was approaching. We rejoiced because of this, that we would receive the new grace of the heavenly Fire, and celebrate the most radiant festival of Holy Pascha in the Holy City of Jerusalem. Yet we grieved in heart that the time was coming for everyone to part.

Synaxarion: Great and Holy Saturday

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Synaxarion: Great and Holy Saturday

Of all the days the Holy and Great Forty Day Fast is the most distinguished, but more than the Holy Forty Day Fast the Holy and Great Passion Week is exalted, and more than the days of Holy Week Great and Holy Saturday is the most exalted. This week is called great not because these days or hours are more exalted but because the great, portentous and extraordinary deeds of our Savior were accomplished during this week, but especially on this day.

Paschal Rebirth in Optina Monastery

Hieromonk Vasily (Roslyakov)

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Paschal Rebirth in Optina Monastery

Hieromonk Vasily (Roslyakov)

Expectation and presentiment of joy fixes everyone’s limbs, and only their eyes look toward the holy doors. Now, quiet singing can be heard from the altar, and as if with an unbelievable effort, the curtain is pulled aside, the holy doors open, and a flood of light and sound streams out of the altar into the church, from the church into the nocturnal darkness, then spreads out commandingly over all the earth. Fr. Archimandrite and clergy proceed from the altar in gleaming festal garments that multiply the Paschal rays, and following the marked path, go forth from the church.

The Bright Resurrection of Christ, Pascha

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