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The Resurrection of our Lord and Savior!!! Christ Is Risen! About the Icon: The Resurrection of our Lord Christ – the central figure; He is robed in white to denote His Divinity. In some icons you will see the aureole (elongated halo) encompasses Him, this also symbolizes this brilliant Light; at His feet are the…

On Great Saturday our focus is on the Tomb of Christ. This is no ordinary grave. It is not a place of corruption, decay and defeat. It is life-giving a source of power, victory and liberation. O happy tomb! It received within itself the Creator, as one asleep, and it was made a divine treasury…

Continuing the journey on this Special Christian holiday… The Following Explanation of the Good Friday Evening Service is written by Rev. Alkiviadis Calivas, and can be found in his book entitled, "Great Week and Pascha in the Greek Orthodox Church." On Good Friday evening Church celebrates the Orthros Service for Holy and Great Saturday. On…

I love celebrating the events of Holy Week and today is Good Friday. Christians observe Good Friday (for English-speaking Eastern Orthodox Christians, “Great and Holy Friday”) as the day Jesus was crucified and died. It is the most somber day on the Christian calendar. On Good Friday, some Christians abstain from meat or refrain from…
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