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Christ is Risen!!!
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Posted on 05/05/2002 11:18:18 AM PDT by MarMema
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Paschal Blessings to all.
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posted on
05/05/2002 11:18:18 AM PDT
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MarMema
To: all
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posted on
05/05/2002 11:19:09 AM PDT
by
MarMema
To: wordsmith,one-particular_harbour,The_reader_david,Formerlib,crazykatz,stavka2
(Armenian)
Christos harjav i merelotz! Orhniale harutjun Christosi! Chrisdos haryav ee merelotz. Orhnial eh harootiunn Chrisdosi. (Christ is risen from the dead) (Blessed is the Resurrecton of Christ) from: Sacraments and Prayers of the Armenian Church Diocese of the Armenian Church, 1956
(Georgian)
Kriste aghsdga! Cheshmaritad aghsdga!
(Greek) Christos Anesti! Alithos Anesti!
(Russian) Khristos voskres! - Voistinu voskres!
(Serbian)
Hristos Vaskrese! Vaistinu Vaskrese!
(Ukranian)
Kristos Voskres! Voistinu voskres!
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posted on
05/05/2002 11:28:42 AM PDT
by
MarMema
To: MarMema
Since we non-denominational types don't do much stained glass, can you explain what is depicted in this picture? Just curious.
He is risen indeed!
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posted on
05/05/2002 11:36:40 AM PDT
by
drstevej
To: MarMema
Beautiful MarMema! Forgive my ignorance, but is today the Orthodox celebration of Easter? Happy Easter to you! Thanks for the beautiful post and picture.
To: drstevej
Thank you!
It is an icon of Christ's resurrection.
Someone else will come and do a better job of detailing it, but until then I may be correct about a few things.
Christ is shown having risen from Hades, the brass gates of Hades are at his feet, broken and destroyed.
I think the two figures at each side in red and green represent Adam and Eve, and I believe Christ is depicted as pulling them from their tombs.
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posted on
05/05/2002 11:46:37 AM PDT
by
MarMema
To: MarMema
Interesting, thanks.
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posted on
05/05/2002 11:48:16 AM PDT
by
drstevej
To: goldenstategirl
Thank you! Yes, today is our Pascha or Easter.
We were up late celebrating last night and feasted at about 4 am at the end of our services. I can't believe I am up already but I had to make the baskets for my children, which I was too tired to do in the wee hours.
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posted on
05/05/2002 11:48:30 AM PDT
by
MarMema
To: MarMema
Do the Orthodox usually celebrate Easter eve with late services? I know we have midnight Mass at Christmas but I had never heard of this. Are there specific traditions for you at Easter?
To: all
Perhaps a better explanation from an Orthodox site -
Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life!
The celebration of Pascha (called "Easter Sunday" in the West) in the Orthodox Church is not merely a historical re-enactment of Christ's Resurrection as narrated in the gospels. It is not a dramatic presentation of "the first Easter morning," and there is no "sunrise service", since the Paschal Matins and Liturgy are celebrated together in the first dark hours of the first day of the week in order to give men the experience of the new creation of the world, and to allow them to enter mystically into the New Jerusalem which shines eternally with the glorious Light of Christ!
The Church teaches that while the body of Christ rested in the tomb on the Sabbath (the day after the Crucifixion), His soul descended into Hades. Prior to the Incarnation, the gates of paradise were closed to mankind. Therefore Hades, not to be confused with Hell, was the place where the souls of all went upon death. It was neither a place of reward, nor a place of punishment. It had been likened to "Death's prison", where the souls of both the just and the sinners were confined. Since Christ actually died upon the Cross, Death claimed His Soul for Hades. However, Hades received more than it expected
it received the Giver of Life, who destroyed the power of Hades. The icon of the Resurrection portrays this concept.
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posted on
05/05/2002 11:55:17 AM PDT
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MarMema
To: history_matters;father_elijah
Easter PING for our Orthodox bretheren!
To: MarMema
Indeed, He is risen!!
To: MarMema
Oops! Pascha! Sorry!
To: MarMema;one_particular-harbour;wordsmith
A Blessed Easter to all Orthodox freepers
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posted on
05/05/2002 12:03:28 PM PDT
by
RnMomof7
To: gophack,arrogant_bustard
Celebratory ping.
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posted on
05/05/2002 12:46:15 PM PDT
by
MarMema
To: goldenstategirl
It is Pascha...the Christian Passover....
Isys Vascros
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posted on
05/05/2002 1:02:38 PM PDT
by
Stavka2
To: Stavka2
At Moscow's Christ the Saviour Cathedral, Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II.
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posted on
05/05/2002 1:03:10 PM PDT
by
MarMema
To: all
At a military base in Kiev, a Ukrainian Orthodox priest sprinkles holy water over cakes and eggs
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posted on
05/05/2002 1:05:57 PM PDT
by
MarMema
To: all,stavka2
Russian Easter cakes, or kulichi, are traditionally blessed by a priest
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posted on
05/05/2002 1:09:52 PM PDT
by
MarMema
To: all
Serbia's Prince Aleksandar marked Easter by handing out gifts to orphans and handicapped children
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posted on
05/05/2002 1:11:12 PM PDT
by
MarMema
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