Fr. Lawrence Farley
This is the desire of every loving heart, the inevitable response of the Christian at the death of their loved ones.
Archpriest Pavel Gumerov
Many consider ascetic experiences and the battle with the passions to be purely monastic matters: “We’re weak people,” they say, “living in the world. We’ll make do as we are.” This, of course, is a profound delusion. Every Orthodox Christian without exception is called to the daily battle, the war with the passions and sinful habits.
Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko)
The story of Christ’s Resurrection is not a mere fairy tale with a happy ending. It is a drama that unfolds throughout history and stretches to the very edges of earthly time.
Hieromonk Ignaty (Smirnov)
Without living communion with Christ, we are spiritually unprotected, trying to cling to the experience of those who testify that they saw God and conversed with Him.
St. John (Maximovich) of Shanghai and San Francisco
But at the very time when visible victory was still on the side of the enemies of Christ, Christ in actuality had already overthrown the foundations of hell and freed its captives, had conquered death and risen from the grave.
The Name of the Lord is mightier than all the powers of hell. It must become the very breath of our soul.
Ariadna Nefedkina
Pascha was and still remains the most important celebration of life, the feast of the Savior, and a true feast of love, mercy and forgiveness. Christ is the Foundation of everything!
St. Innocent of Kherson
There’s a connection between the resurrection of nature and the Resurrection of the Lord—not only one of time, but of the deed itself.
Metropolitan Vladimir (Sabodan)
On these holy days, the Church calls all the faithful to rejoice and exult: “This is the day which the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it!”
Rejoice! Christ is Risen!
Christ is risen, the Peace of God, the divine Peace himself, and so, in the midst of a busy and whirling world, we find everlasting peace on his feast of feasts.
May the present celebration, for which we have been preparing with prayer and fasting, renew the right spirit, that is, a healthy spirit, in our hearts, in order to understand the mystery of Christ's Resurrection, to enjoy the "riches of goodness" of which Chrysostom writes, and to anticipate "eternal joy"!
Today, we joyfully celebrate and prayerfully glorify the Bright Resurrection of Christ, the Great Victory of good over evil, which has been bestowed upon us by our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ.
Look! The Royal Doors are open and the throne of grace is visible to all. This is an invitation home, a call to the supper!
Christ’s Resurrection is the solid foundation of our faith and hope
Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko) of Zaporozhye and Melitopol
The Lord has broken the bonds of Hades. Yet still, the darkness clings to human hearts.
Hieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov)
It is very important for us Christians in these hours and days to preserve all that we have gained during Lent, despite our weakness, and it is imperative that we remember three things.
Archimandrite Melchisedek (Artiukhin)
What does the Lord say as He goes to His voluntary Passion? How does He admonish His disciples, and through them all of us?
St. Makary (Nevsky), Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna
But do we not, beloved, sometimes renounce our Lord in an even more cowardly manner? Moreover, do we not renounce Him when no danger threatens us, unlike Peter?
The sacrament of Communion of the Body and Blood of Christ is the core, the greatest and most important sacrament in the life of every Christian; and participation in it is a distinctive feature of Orthodox Christianity, of the people who truly understand why the Lord established His Church.
