| Updated: Images of the Pascha Liturgy Continued |
On this glorious and holy day, the whole Church celebrates with joy the final triumph and life-giving resurrection of our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ. After the long period of darkness brought about by original sin, after the seemingly endless expectation of the prophets, after the glad tidings of the nativity that came to pass, when the time had come, after the thirty hidden years and the three years of public life, after the frightful passion which had seemed to be the end of all hope, after the two days in the depth of the tomb, behold: CHRIST IS RISEN !
Indeed, indeed, He is risen, all is true, every promise of God has been fulfilled; the Savior has come, the Lamb of God has been sacrificed to take away the sins of the world, and supremely triumphant in his apparent defeat, He has crushed death by his death and restored everlasting life through his resurrection!
Faithful Proclaim the Resurrection! Christ is Risen!! |
Rapping on the doors symbolizing |
Entering the Church for Orthros and Divine Liturgy |
Distributing Pascha eggs A sign of Christ’s Resurrection |
Breaking the Pascha eggs |
Greeting, “Christ is Risen!” Response, “He is Truly Risen” |
Glorious Tomb of the Risen Christ |
Celebrating the Good News |