Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.’ (1 Peter 4:12-19).”
—from the 2023 Easter Message by His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry
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—from the 2023 Easter Message by His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry
https://spzh.news/en/news/73248-easter-message-by-his-beatitude-metropolitan-onuphry
When you hear that Christ, descended into hell, freed the souls contained there, do not think that it is far from being accomplished now. Know that the coffin is the heart and in there is buried and kept an impenetrable darkness of your mind and your thoughts. The Lord comes to souls, in hell, crying to it, that is, in the depths of the heart, and there commands death to release the imprisoned souls, praying for it, Who can liberate.. Then, throwing away a heavy stone, which is lying on the soul, opens the coffin, resurrects the mortified soul, and takes it out, imprisoned in the dungeon, into the light. ✝️ St Macarius the Great
The Holy Light comes on Saturday at a quarter past one. The Holy Light does not represent the Resurrection for us on earth, but the descent into hell, that the prophecy of Isaiah had to be fulfilled: "Those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, light will shine upon you; those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, great light will come upon you."
On Saturday, the Savior was in hell with his soul. With us, when he rose at midnight, he rose with all his body, Sunday, but with them he was only with his soul and took them out.
—Elder Cleopa of Sihastria Monastery
On Saturday, the Savior was in hell with his soul. With us, when he rose at midnight, he rose with all his body, Sunday, but with them he was only with his soul and took them out.
—Elder Cleopa of Sihastria Monastery
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Pascha in Ghana!
Christ is Risen!
On the night of Pascha 1993 at the Optina Hermitage, Hieromonk Basil (Roslyakov), Monk Therapont (Pushkaryov), and Monk Trophim (Tatarinov) were murdered by satanist Nikolay Averin with a knife so large it resembled a sword-- and engraved with "satan" and "666." The wounds were inflicted with precision and with the intention not to bring instant death, but to cause the victims to bleed to death over a long time.
New Martyrs of Optina Pustyn, pray that we might be made steadfast through your blood and suffering, unto the salvation of our souls!
On the night of Pascha 1993 at the Optina Hermitage, Hieromonk Basil (Roslyakov), Monk Therapont (Pushkaryov), and Monk Trophim (Tatarinov) were murdered by satanist Nikolay Averin with a knife so large it resembled a sword-- and engraved with "satan" and "666." The wounds were inflicted with precision and with the intention not to bring instant death, but to cause the victims to bleed to death over a long time.
New Martyrs of Optina Pustyn, pray that we might be made steadfast through your blood and suffering, unto the salvation of our souls!
Resurrection Day! O peoples, let us brilliantly shine! Pascha, the Lord's Pascha! For Christ our God has out of death passed us over into life, and likewise from earth to heaven, as we now sing unto Him a triumphal hymn.
Χριστὸς ἀνέστη ἐκ νεκρῶν...
Christ is risen from the dead, by death trampling down upon death, and to those in the tombs He has granted life.
Χριστὸς ἀνέστη ἐκ νεκρῶν...
Christ is risen from the dead, by death trampling down upon death, and to those in the tombs He has granted life.
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“Christ is risen from the dead Trampling down death by death…” In Romanian — from Africa!
Hristos a înviat din morți
Cu moartea pe moarte călcând
Şi celor din morminte
Viață dăruindu-le.
Hristos a înviat din morți
Cu moartea pe moarte călcând
Şi celor din morminte
Viață dăruindu-le.
Christ is risen from the dead, by death trampling down upon death, and to those in the tombs He has granted life.
Paschaltide is The 40-day period following the Feast of the Resurrection, Holy Pascha, leading up to the Feast of Our Lord's Ascension. Paschaltide is rich with hymns glorifying the Resurrection. We greet one another with "Christ is Risen!" and "Truly He is Risen!"
Paschaltide is The 40-day period following the Feast of the Resurrection, Holy Pascha, leading up to the Feast of Our Lord's Ascension. Paschaltide is rich with hymns glorifying the Resurrection. We greet one another with "Christ is Risen!" and "Truly He is Risen!"
The Life Giving Spring of the Mother of God is commemorated on Bright Friday (Renewal Friday). Churches built at the miraculously-revealed Fountain of healing at Constantinople have been successively destroyed but the Spring remains.
"O Lady graced by God, you reward me by letting gush forth, beyond reason, the ever-flowing waters of your grace from your perpetual Spring. I entreat you, who bore the Logos, in a manner beyond comprehension, to refresh me in your grace that I may cry out, 'Hail redemptive waters.'"
"O Lady graced by God, you reward me by letting gush forth, beyond reason, the ever-flowing waters of your grace from your perpetual Spring. I entreat you, who bore the Logos, in a manner beyond comprehension, to refresh me in your grace that I may cry out, 'Hail redemptive waters.'"
Forwarded from Orthodox Christians Pro-Life (Dimitri Baranov)
The icon of Christ, sorrowing about children that killed by abortion. It’s located at the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God Church in Perdikas, region of Aegina, Greece. #OrthodoxIcon #Orthodoxy #OrthodoxChurch #prolife #abortion
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Christos voskrese! Amazing censer-ship!
Before becoming emperor, Leo the Great was walking in a wooded area where he met a blind man. The man asked Leo to help him find water. Unable to find any, Leo heard a voice telling him that there was water nearby. Still unable to locate water, he heard the voice speaking again: “Emperor Leo, go into the deepest part of the woods, and you will find water there. Take some of the cloudy water in your hands and give it to the blind man to drink. Then take the clay and put it on his eyes. Then you shall know who I am.” Leo obeyed and the blind man regained his sight. Later, Saint Leo became emperor, just as the Theotokos had prophesied.
Leo built a church over the site at his own expense, and the water continued to work miraculous cures. Therefore, it was called “The Life-Giving Fountain.” This Life Giving Spring of the Mother of God is commemorated every Bright Friday.
Leo built a church over the site at his own expense, and the water continued to work miraculous cures. Therefore, it was called “The Life-Giving Fountain.” This Life Giving Spring of the Mother of God is commemorated every Bright Friday.
Churches built at the site of the Life-Giving Spring at Constantinople have each been destroyed during tumultuous times under Moslem rulers and fanatical mobs. However, the Life-Giving Spring remains and the Orthodox of Constantinople visit it, especially on Bright Friday.