Critical statements about Easter by modern people. “For Christ is Risen!” Sayings of the Athonite elders about Easter
Statuses for Easter - Today the sun is shining brighter, Stronger wind beats in the window, And the cry rushes to heaven: Christ is truly Risen!
Happy Easter, happy resurrection of Christ! Let kindness rule your life!
Let the aroma of Easter cake fill your home! The family will gather around the set table! Let your hearts be filled with the light of heaven! On the holiday of Easter, holy warmth and miracles to you! Christ is risen!
We wish you a Happy Easter from the bottom of our hearts, Christ is risen - these are the main words today! May the Lord protect you from troubles and reward you for good deeds.
Like on Easter, like on Easter, the eggs were all painted. The fast is over, let's put on weight. Good afternoon Christ is Risen!
Let the Easter cakes burn with candles! In anticipation of miracles! We respond to congratulations: “Christ is truly Risen!”
Good news: “Christ is Risen! “And you can expect other miracles... everything that your soul is worried about, let it work out successfully for you!
Christ is risen! Christ is risen! The sun is shining from heaven! Has already turned green dark forest, Christ is truly risen!
Get up early, eat an egg, drink red wine, break your fast and have fun on Christ's Sunday! Soak the meat and off to the forest! Happy Easter to you! CHRIST IS RISEN!!!
It's a pleasure to congratulate you on Easter! Christ is risen! He is with us again! Let everything go calmly, okay, the Lord brings you light and love!
Let everything be like in a fairy tale, let life be filled with light. I congratulate you on Easter and wish you faith.
And spring has come again, life has turned into a fairy tale again! Happy Resurrection of Christ, Happy Great and Wonderful Easter! Christ is risen!
In the morning, after washing your face, take the cake and break the egg. And taking the glass, say it like a toast: Today Christ is risen again!
With Christ life is bright and simple. So glorify our Christ! And the birds are happy, the forest has come to life... Happy Christ's Day! Christ is risen!
Happy Holy Sunday to you! With a wonderful miracle of miracles! Let holy illumination descend, rejoice, CHRIST IS RISEN!!!
Tablecloth, white candle. The aroma of Easter cake. Cahors is pouring into glasses - drink a little, an agreement. Colorful eggs and smiles of kind faces. Happy holiday - Christ is Risen! Kindness! Love! Miracles!
Christ is risen! - just two words, but how much grace there is in them! We are again illuminated with unearthly bliss in your hearts.
"Christ is Risen!" I say and congratulate you, and on Easter I wish you to live in complete health and joy, without sorrow, grief and envy.
Easter is the ringing of bells that brings out the best in us. At Easter we all forget about the bitterness in our souls. The covenant of this day is to love your neighbor!
May you all have food on the table every day, kindness in your hearts, and harmony in your souls! I wish you health and all kinds of blessings. Easter!
The number of people who seriously believe in God, based on arguments that we all understand, is small. Lent... But by Easter it reaches one hundred percent!
Spring has come again. Now Life has become a bright fairy tale again: S Christ's Sunday Happy great and wonderful Easter to you!
May God reward you doubly - everything that you wish for me! Happy Easter, friends!
Quotes about Easter - On the bright Sunday of Christ there is hope for each of us. If you ask God for mercy, he will hear you at that very hour!
Easter is the best holiday Easter is the best holiday! Easter is better than name day! On this day, the holy Savior, Jesus, my patron, the Strong Warrior, the inhabitant of heaven, reconciled us all with God!
Happy Easter, bright and wonderful! Let goodness come to you... So that there is room for it among your worries!
Let the soul freeze with hope in anticipation of the mercy of heaven, May the Almighty not leave you in His kindness! CHRIST IS RISEN!
Bells are ringing from heaven: “Christ is risen! Christ is risen!" Like a promise of miracles: “He is risen!” Truly risen!”
Spring has arrived and the world is full of wonders! The great one has come again Holy holiday! And again everyone will say: “Christ is risen!” “Truly risen!” - everyone will answer. On Easter Day, accept congratulations, and may the Almighty bless you - support you, give you health, enlighten you, and may your neighbor never offend you!
Should I remove the Christmas tree... Otherwise it’s all dressed up, and it’s Easter soon...
"Christ is risen!" “Truly risen!” - We exclaim again, Today we celebrate the resurrection of the Holy Savior.
Congratulations - Christ is risen! We wish you good things, great miracles, so that you can live brighter with God in your heart, he is with us again - Christ has risen!
Spring has scattered colors, The anthem of life rings to the skies. Happy EASTER - Christ is risen today.
This is what Easter means... for the third day now the whole school has been finishing up the buns and rolls that mom baked
Happy Easter to all Orthodox and Catholics! Christ is risen!
There is joy and hugs everywhere: “Brother, sister, Christ is risen! Hell is destroyed, there is no curse: He is truly risen!”
On Easter Day, the messenger of heaven, I ask you to give you health, goodness, love, good luck, bread. To help you in your destiny!
On the Bright Sunday of Christ there is hope for each of us. If you ask for mercy from God, he will hear you at the same hour!
Yes, Jesus has risen - and this miracle is better than the return of spring. And the most incredible thing is that He promised such a resurrection to everyone who believes in Him!
If you woke up with broken eggs, it means yesterday was Easter...
I wish my sister endless good luck on Easter, let the sadness burn in the fire, and let the joy be eternal.
We must live as if the coming of Christ was expected this evening.
The song of Sunday, love, happiness, and forgiveness sounds to us as a covenant of the blessed heavens - Christ is risen!
Here's to the bright holiday of Easter! Health and happiness to everyone! Christ is risen!
Drops are dripping loudly near our window. The birds sang merrily, Easter came to visit us.
Earth and sun, Fields and forest - Everyone praises God: Christ is risen!
Jesus took twelve people from the lowest rung of business and built them into an organization that conquered the world.
Jesus took a place on the cross to give me a place in heaven.
Like Maslenitsa or Easter, we eat everything, but like Lent, it’s like: “We are not religious...”
Like Easter, like Easter, the eggs made everyone blush! The fast is over, let's put on weight. Good afternoon Christ is Risen!
Bells are ringing from heaven: “Christ is risen! Christ is risen!" Like a promise of miracles: “He is risen!” Truly risen!”
Chickens are not very happy about Easter. They can be understood.
It is definitely not my merit that Christ has risen.
This great day has come! It is called Good Easter. And may the divine shadow touch you today.
Our old story ends with a cross, our new story begins with the resurrection.
On the Easter holiday, from century to century, flying down from heaven, from person to person - Christ is Risen! Christ is risen!
It is not by chance that we sing today, It is not in vain that we are here today, We are united by the grace of the Lord, Jesus our Savior has risen!
Feel free to talk openly about eggs – Easter is coming!
The current Messiahs will not only not allow themselves to be crucified, but they themselves are ready to crucify others.
Spring has come again. Now life has again become a bright fairy tale: Happy Resurrection of Christ, and a great and wonderful Easter!
Easter, I'll paint eggs, even though you can't see it in my trousers...
Easter bells ringing? Christ's resurrection has arrived!
Easter is the best holiday Easter is the best holiday! Easter is better than name day! On this day, the holy Savior, Jesus, my patron, the Strong Warrior, the inhabitant of heaven, reconciled us all with God!
Easter is the best holiday! Easter is better than name day! On this day, the holy Savior, Jesus, my patron, a strong warrior, a resident of heaven, reconciled us all with God!
Easter is such a long-awaited holiday that passes in one day.
Easter is a time of wonderful discoveries of new life.
Easter is a demonstration of God, whose life is spiritual and eternal in its essence.
Easter tells us that life should not be limited by the framework of things, but by the framework of ideas.
Easter is approaching - the kidneys are straining!
Easter is just another reason to get drunk until you drop. The fast was over! although almost no one adhered to it.
Easter. Morning. Phone call. x: Christ is Risen. u: You got to the wrong place. I hung up.
Congratulations! Christ is Risen, I wish you good things, great miracles, so that you can live brighter with God in your heart. He is with us again - Christ is Risen!
Sing songs to Happy Easter! This day is the most beautiful of all days!
Bury the Truth and it will rise again. - Statuses about Easter
I woke up and heard - Spring is knocking on the window! Drops are rushing from the roof, It’s light and light everywhere! And it seems that not birds, but angels are flying. They will tell us that Easter is coming!
May the Almighty not leave you in His kindness! CHRIST IS RISEN!
Let your soul freeze with hope in anticipation of the mercy of heaven, may the Almighty not leave you in His kindness! CHRIST IS RISEN!
Let the Easter cakes burn with candles! In anticipation of miracles! We respond to congratulations: “Christ is truly Risen!”
Christ was not the founder of a religion, but a religion.
May pleasant excitement come to you, may the Easter divine shadow touch you this Sunday!
May the joy of the resurrection save us from loneliness, weakness, and despair, filling us with strength, beauty and happiness.
Let luck go ahead, give the world only bright colors, let nothing stand in the way of the bright holiday of divine Easter!
The good news of His resurrection does not change modern world. The work, the discipline, the sacrifices still lie before us. However, it is Easter that gives us the spiritual strength to do the work, accept the lessons of discipline, and make the sacrifices.
Christmas snow reminds us of the resurrection of new life at Easter.
Bright Resurrection of Christ. bell ringing flies from heaven, and in the glory of God there are hymns and rejoicings - “Christ is risen!”
The bright Resurrection of Christ is a holiday of love for mankind, when we forget about the bitterness in our souls. So let us rejoice in the bright feelings that awaken in us. On this day we will be full of fun, hope and truly Christian love. Christ is Risen!
Today is the only day when all HDs are replaced by XVs =)) Christ is Risen!
Today the great holiday has arrived, Easter cakes and eggs in multi-colored colors, everything is on the tables, there is fun everywhere, shouts of “Christ is Risen.” Happy Easter!
Today is such a great holiday.. and also a good day.. in general I can say Easter was a success)) the weather is super.. the mood is super
Today the sun shines brighter, the wind beats stronger at the window, and the cry rushes to heaven: Christ is truly Risen!
White tablecloth, candle, aroma from Easter cake. Cahors is pouring in a glass - don't drink too much - an agreement! Colorful eggs and smiles of bright faces. Happy holiday! Christ is risen! Kindness! Love! Miracles!
Easter statuses
Soon Easter we will knock eggs
Hail, majestic Easter! The Lord looks at us from heaven,
Hail, majestic Easter! The Lord looks from heaven as the Orthodox rejoice: Christ is risen!
The sun is shining high. Summer is not far away. Happy holiday. Christ is risen. Warmth, love and joyful miracles.
Easter licorice, smoked sausage, tasty lard, hard-boiled egg! Christ is risen!
We sincerely wish you a Happy Easter, Christ is risen - these are the main words! May the Lord protect you from troubles and reward you for good deeds!
I congratulate you on Easter, I wish you happiness and joy! To make it more fun, eat eggs, whoever is faster!
Happy Resurrection of Christ to you, and a great and wonderful Easter!
With spring comes Easter, And joyfully: Risen! We are not shouting in vain, After all, happiness goes to heaven!
The Ural men are so harsh that for Easter they paint one egg red by dipping it in boiling water, and the second one blue by hitting it...
Wow, I'm so tired of these same type of jokes about painting eggs! Easter is a bright holiday. Have respect, don’t joke by adding a status about eggs, implying something else!
Christ took time-bound man and gave him a taste of eternity.
Christ is Risen! On this brightest and holiest day, I hug you with love and wish with a grateful heart to always rejoice in the victory of Life over death! Truly Christ is Risen!
Christ has risen and the angels rejoice. Christ has risen and people are celebrating.
Christ is risen! Christ is risen! The sun is shining from heaven! The dark forest has already turned green, Christ has truly risen!
Christ is risen! - just two words, But there is so much grace in them! We are again illuminated with unearthly bliss in your hearts.
What happened? Nobody stole the bodies. And the Roman guards could not play a joke on them. And they could hardly have imagined such a thing. The tomb was empty because Jesus rose from the dead.
The meat is sizzling in the frying pan, two bottles of vodka are sweating, the sausage is already cut, so pour it - Today is Easter!
The meat is sizzling in the frying pan, two bottles of vodka are sweating. The sausage has already been blessed, so pour it today, Easter! Christ is risen!
Eh, egg on egg! Smiling face! This is not a fairy tale, because today is Easter!
I’m on a diet; I won’t offer anything other than sex until Easter.
Easter Day gives joy and love, so that the world becomes better and brighter.
Come out, Koschey, we will fight. - With swords? - On eggs, fool, Easter!
So, are you ready for Easter? Did you color the eggs? -Certainly! -And how is it normal? -Yeah, it's just ticklish...
Come out, Koschey, we will fight. - Come out, Koschey, we will fight. - With swords? - On eggs, fool, Easter!
Happy Resurrection of Christ to you, and a great and wonderful Easter!
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Happy Holidays Happy Easter! Happiness to your home!
Easter joy is the joy of the transformation (change) of our entire life into imperishable life, in our striving for undying goodness, for imperishable beauty.
Christ is risen! - and may our soul rejoice in the Lord.
Christ is risen! - and the fear of death disappears.
Christ is risen! - and our hearts are filled with joyful faith that after Him we too will rise again.
Celebrating Easter means knowing with all your heart the power and greatness of the Resurrection of Christ.
Celebrating Easter means becoming a new person.
To celebrate Easter means to thank and glorify God with all your heart and mind for His ineffable gift - the gift of resurrection and love.
Christ is Risen!
What wonderful words! How they change everything around us and in ourselves! These words contain a message of victory, a call to joy, a greeting of love, and a wish for peace.
Archimandrite John (Peasant)
When the enemy annoys, wants to irritate, anger, steal the peace of the heart with trifles, annoyances, just say: “Christ is Risen. Christ is Risen. Christ is Risen". He fears these words most of all, they burn him like fire, and he will run away from you.
Valaam Elder Michael (Pitkevich)
Easter is a special day. This is the celebration of the holidays and the celebration of celebrations. And the only mood that is present, which prevails in the souls of believers, is joy. Moreover, no matter what the external circumstances of life are, joy always comes on this day.
Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill
Easter is a Holiday that should never pass. It shouldn't end. The saints said that Easter should be in the heart all the time. And this is possible because there are examples of saints who met every person like this: “My joy! Christ is Risen!" And we need to learn to meet a person not from under his brows, not with any pretensions, but exactly like this: “My joy.” When we make others happy, the Lord makes us happy. This is an immutable law. If we do something good, then the Lord, as He says, will reward us a hundredfold.
Priest Valery Zakharov
Today we celebrate a holiday, a triumph of celebrations, the Resurrection of Christ - the victory of life, the victory of love, the victory of God's faith in man, the victory of hope over despair. We celebrate in thousands across the entire earth and rejoice that the Lord has truly risen.
Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh
“Easter, which opens the doors of heaven to us,” we sing in the Easter canon. There is no joy, my dears, brighter than our Easter joy. For we rejoice that in the Resurrection our eternal life was revealed. Our Easter joy is the joy of the transformation (change) of our entire life into imperishable life, in our striving for undying goodness, for imperishable beauty.
Archim. John (Peasant)
Christ is the incomparable and greatest Doctor in the history of mankind, for He gave people a cure for the disease of all diseases, that is, for sin, from which all other diseases and all other human suffering, both mental and physical, are born. This medicine is Himself, the risen and living Lord.
St. Nikolay Serbsky
Pray that the Lord will put holy love into you and allow you to love everyone, especially those whom you do not love or offend, and those who offend you or do not love you.
Svschmch. Seraphim (Zvezdinsky)
Saint Mary Magdalene was the most zealous preacher of the Gospel of Christ. Her heart burned with such immeasurable courage in this great matter that she was not afraid to appear before the face of the Roman Emperor Tiberius himself on Easter Day; she brought him a red egg and greeted: “Christ is Risen!” She preached to the emperor about Christ, and her preaching was so strong that he believed in Christ. You cannot shine with preaching, but you can preach about Christ with your life and at least with your weak words. All of you, imitate the holy myrrh-bearing women.
St. Luka (Voino-Yasenetsky)
The purpose of the incarnation of the Son of God was to proclaim the Divine truth to the world, to direct people on the path of repentance and salvation. To grant people deliverance from eternal death.
Archim. John (Peasant)
The Resurrection of Christ shines like a bright rainbow above the flood of hatred and suffering. There has not been and will not be a more majestic and beautiful event on earth. Easter joy embraces the entire universe, all times, all generations of people. The faith of those who believe, the hope of those who hope, the truth of the righteous, the love of those who love all this is combined in one jubilant cry: CHRIST IS RISEN!
Archbishop of Novosibirsk and Berdsk Tikhon
Christ is risen, my joy,” said Venerable Seraphim to every person, righteous, sinful, believer, unbeliever, good, evil, friend, enemy. “Resurrection day, and let us be enlightened by triumph, and embrace each other. Let's say: Brothers! and we will forgive all those who hate us through the resurrection,” the Church sings in these brightest days. This is where Christ’s key to the mystery of human relationships is, to the mystery of brotherly love, peace, and forgiveness.
Prot. Georgy Bennigsen
Every day is Easter for me!
Such joy lives in me, I just want to jump and jump
on one leg like a boy, and I’m already old - they’ll say I’m crazy! If only you knew how sweet it is to live with God!
Schema-abbot Jerome (Verendyakin)
Many people believe that Easter means painting eggs and baking Easter cakes.
Many Christians understand the true meaning of Easter, but non-believers understand the opposite. I believe that we as Christians should not be afraid to speak about the true meaning of this day. The people of this world should know that Easter is Jesus Christ, who died for us on the cross, that Easter is the blood that was shed for every living person on earth, that Easter is the wounds of Christ that heal, that Easter is the resurrection of Christ, which tells us that Jesus is alive, He has risen, and has given us salvation and eternal life.
Resurrection of Christ.
"R Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up... He spoke of the temple of His body" (John 2:19,21).
"I I lay down My life in order to take it again. No one takes it away from Me, but I myself give it. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again." (John 10:17-18).
"WITH"Now man must suffer many things... and be killed, and on the third day rise again" (Mark 8:31).
"IN from what I told you about while I was still with you, that everything that was written about Me in the law of Moses and in the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled. Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. And he said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day.” (Luke 24:44-46).
"B God raised Him up, breaking the bonds of death, because it was impossible for it to hold Him." (Acts 2:24).
"WITH God raised him up on the third day, and made Him appear... to us, who ate and drank with Him, after His resurrection from the dead." (Acts 10:40-41).
"X Christ rose from the dead, the firstborn of the dead. For just as death is through man, so is the resurrection of the dead through man. Just as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will live, each in his own order: Christ the firstborn, then those who belong to Christ at His coming.” (1 Cor. 15:20-23).
"X Christ, having risen from the dead, no longer dies: death no longer has power over Him. For if He died, He died once to sin; and what he lives, he lives for God. So consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Rom. 6:9-11).
"I I am the First and the Last, and the living; and he was dead, and behold, he is alive forever and ever, Amen." (Apoc. 1:17-18).
B God "raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that you may have faith and trust in God" (1 Pet. 1:21).
"E If Christ has not risen, then your faith is in vain: you are still in your sins." (1 Cor. 15:17).
"B God now commands people everywhere to repent, for He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man He has appointed, having given proof to all by raising Him from the dead." (Acts 17:30-31).
"M We were buried with Him through baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. For if we are united with Him in the likeness of His death, we must also be united in the likeness of His resurrection." (Rom. 6:4-5).
"E If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.” (Rom. 8:11).
X Christ's Resurrection became life and healing from passions for those who believe in Him, so that they could live in God and bear the fruits of righteousness. Venerable Abba Isaiah (34, 142).
IN This Great Day Christ is called from the dead to whom he became like. On this day He repelled the sting of death, crushed the dark gates of hell, and granted freedom to souls. On this day, rising from the grave, He appeared to the people for whom He was born, died and awakened from the dead, so that we, reborn and having escaped death, would be resurrected with Him, risen. On this radiant and great day, the angelic face was filled with joy, singing a victorious song. Saint Gregory the Theologian (14, 358).
R for the lost sheep, Your generosity attracted You to the abode of the dead, and You brought it out from the region of death, which did not dare to contradict You. Reverend Ephraim Sirin (28, 143).
(G Lord), having become the ransom of our death, by His Resurrection loosened the bonds of death and by His Ascension paved the way to heaven for all flesh. Saint Gregory of Nyssa (22, 18).
E two righteous people saw the light in hell, and joyfully went to meet the Son of the Merciful. Everyone forgot their illnesses and sufferings that they endured when they saw the Lord crucified. By His generosity He gave us life and joined us mortals to the Angels. We humans were caught in the snare of death, He came in His goodness and delivered us; Praise be to You, Lord of Angels, Your appearance brought joy to those tormented in hell. Now the night has departed and disappeared, and His light has shone for creation. He came down from on high, delivered us, and ascended again, and behold, He sits at the right hand of the Father. All those who waited for Him and hoped in His name are looking forward to meeting Him at the Second Coming. He descended into hell, and there His light shone and dispersed the darkness among the dead in hell... He who raised the dead opened the tombs and thereby showed us an image of the great future day (28, 294).
Christ puts to death death, dethrones Satan. He is the joy of those above, the hope of those below. Venerable Ephraim the Syrian (29, 284).
The Lord, by His coming, resurrected us who had died from sins, and revived us, destroying the double death: death from sins and death of the flesh (35, 739).
He was nailed to the cross, subjected to spitting and strangulation, they beat him on the cheek and mocked him... And He endured all this for you, for the sake of caring for you, to destroy the tyranny of sin, to destroy the stronghold of the devil, to trample the bonds of death, to open us the gates of Heaven, free you from the curse that weighed on you, cancel the original condemnation, teach patience and educate in it, so that nothing upsets you in this life - no insults, no insults, no shame, no whips, no criticism from enemies, no adversity , no attacks, no slander, no evil suspicions and nothing else (37, 516).
The Day of the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ - the foundation of the world, the beginning of reconciliation, the cessation of hostility, the destruction of death, the defeat of the devil (37, 820).
He Himself rose again, breaking the bonds of death, and He resurrected us, breaking the net of our sins (37, 824).
The death of the Lord gave us immortality; descending into hell, He crushed its forces and destroyed its power (38, 502).
The Lord was crucified on the tree to resolve the sin that occurred through the tree (45, 912).
He was betrayed for us, Who was inseparable from the bosom of the Father, The Word was lifted up on the cross and died according to human nature, but remained and remains immortal according to the Divinity that is in Him. Since from a dual nature He became one Christ, therefore He suffered death in a body that was united with the Godhead. The flesh that suffered the torment was God and was the immortal Deity who clothed itself in flesh. The Divinity deified the flesh, it was united with the Word evenly and completely, and that which died and was buried for us also rose again according to the Divinity...
Saint John Chrysostom (46, 454).
(IN resurrected) destroyed countless lists of Hellenic gods, overthrew all idols, destroyed wicked altars stained with human blood, rendered the devil powerless, put demons to flight, tamed wild tribes. He subjected the Jews to great disasters, but He exalts those who believed in Him above the heavens. (51,2).
(God the Father). He gave the Only Begotten as the price of redemption, so that grace would have a basis, because, having accepted one sacrifice for all, exceeding the dignity of all victims, He destroyed hostility, canceled condemnation, adopted us and adorned us with countless blessings. Venerable Isidore Pelusiot (51, 462).
TO Your beauty, Lord Christ, is indescribable, your splendor is inexpressible, and your glory exceeds mind and word. (59, 68).
The Incarnate God accepted death for the sake of sin and precisely so that by His grace those who by faith accept Christ as the Lord who was slain, died and rose from the grave on the third day could no longer sin in order to deliver them from sin. From this it is obvious that those who sin have not yet received Him, although they think that they have received Him. For if they had accepted Him, He would have given them, as John the Theologian says, “the power to become children of God.” (John 1:12), who cannot sin (60, 247).
You, Christ, are the Kingdom of Heaven, You are the land of the meek, You are a green paradise. You are the Divine palace, You are the ineffable mystery, You are the (common) meal for all, You are the bread of life. You are a completely new drink. You are the cup of water, and the water of life, You are the unquenchable lamp for each of the saints, You are the robe, and the crown, and the Distributor of crowns, You are joy and peace, You are consolation and glory, You are joy, You are joy (59, 121).
The Glorious Resurrection of Christ is our own resurrection, which is mentally accomplished and manifested in us, killed by sin, through the Resurrection of Christ, as the church hymn that we often sing says: “Having seen the Resurrection of Christ (in ourselves), let us worship the Holy Lord Jesus, the only sinless." Christ never fell into sin and never changed in His glory. The most glorified and supreme of all beginnings and powers and powers, just as He diminished and died for our sake, so He rose again and became glorified for our sake, so that what had come true in His face could later be reproduced in us and thereby save us. How then He Himself, having departed from Jerusalem, suffered, ascended to the cross, and having nailed the sins of the whole world on it along with Himself, died, descended into the underworld of the land of hell, then rose again from hell, ascended into His most pure body and immediately rose from the dead. , and then ascended into heaven with much glory and power, and sat down at the right hand of God the Father; so now, when we begin in our hearts from this world and with confession of the sufferings of the Lord we enter the tomb of repentance and humility, then Christ himself descends from heaven, enters us as into a tomb, unites with our souls and resurrects them, clearly in death . The resurrection of the soul is its union with life, which is Christ. Just as a dead body, if it does not accept the soul into itself and does not merge with it in some way unmerged, does not exist and is not called alive and cannot live, so the soul cannot live on its own unless it is united by an ineffable union and is not combined unfused with God, who truly is Eternal Life. And only then, when she is united with God and thus resurrected by the power of Christ, will she be worthy to see mentally and mysteriously the economic Resurrection of Christ. That’s why we sing: “God is the Lord, and He who appears to us, blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.”
Whoever has not yet received and seen the resurrection of his soul is still dead and cannot properly worship the Lord Jesus together with those who have seen the Resurrection of Christ, as the Apostle says: “no one can call Jesus Lord except by the Holy Spirit.” (1 Cor. 12:3), - and in another place it says: “God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth.” (John 4:24)- that is, by the power of the Holy Spirit and the only begotten Son, who is the truth. He is dead because he does not have in his soul God, who gives life to all things, and he has not been granted the grace of fulfillment of the promise spoken by the Lord over him: I and the Father, by the Holy Spirit, will come to the one who loves Me and keeps My commandments, “and we will make an abode with him.” (John 14:23). Christ comes and by His coming resurrects the dead soul, and gives it life, and bestows the grace to see how He Himself rises in it and resurrects it. This is the law of the new life in Christ Jesus, that Christ the Lord, by the grace of the Holy Spirit, comes to us and resurrects our mortified souls, and gives us life, and gives us eyes to see Him Himself, immortal and incorruptible, living in us. Before the soul is united with God, before it sees, knows and feels that it is truly united with Him, it is completely dead, blind, insensitive; but despite all that she is dead, she is still immortal by nature. She endures this out of lack of faith and lack of faith. If she believed that there is judgment and eternal torment, she would not waste her life in vanity, but would give up everything and begin to work for her salvation, and having begun, she would reach her revival and resurrection. Reverend Simeon New Theologian (60, 255-257).
"P Easter, the Lord's Passover!" The Lord brought us from death to life by His Resurrection. And this Resurrection, "Angels are singing in heaven, having seen the light of the deified human nature in the glory predetermined for it, in the face of the Lord the Redeemer, in whose image, by the power of His Resurrection, all who truly believe in Him and who are united with Him with all their souls will be transformed. Glory, Lord, to Your glorious Resurrection, the Angels sing, rejoicing with us and foreseeing the replenishment of their assembly. In Your Resurrection, the cessation of our corruption, the seed of a new bright life and the dawn of future eternal glory, the Forerunner of which You entered, having risen for us, not only human, but also angelic tongues are not able to express Your ineffable mercy to us, gloriously Risen Lord! Bishop Theophan the Recluse (107, 99-100).
N Is it necessary to found faith, to create hope, to kindle love, to enlighten wisdom, to give wings to prayer, to bring down grace, to destroy disaster, death, evil, to give vitality to life, to make bliss not a dream, but a reality, glory - not a ghost, but an eternal lightning eternal light, illuminating everything and not striking anyone - for all this there is enough power in two miraculous words: “Christ is risen!” (113, 358).
Before the Resurrection of Christ, many people knew only the land on which they were located. short time and soon disappear, no one knows where. Others have also heard something about hell, as an abyss that threatens to swallow everyone and does not give anyone back. Few thought about Heaven as such a high dwelling, to which someone only saw a staircase in a dream, and only one along which the Angels of God ascended, and no people were visible (Genesis 28:12).
Now that Christ has risen and when He, as the God-man, has been given “all authority in heaven and on earth” (Matthew 28:18), not only has heaven become accessible, but has even been united with earth in such a way that it is difficult to find the limit between them and there is a difference, for the Divine appears both on earth and humanity in heaven. The angels whom Jacob saw ascending and descending on the ladder of heaven now walk in hosts on the earth, as messengers of the Son of Man, who rules in Heaven. ( 113, 359).
The Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ serves as proof of the Divinity of Jesus Christ and the beginning of our resurrection. The affirmation of faith in the Resurrection of Christ is a matter of great importance for Christianity and for the Christian. The main strength of Christianity is to recognize the Lord Jesus Christ as the Savior of the world, who has sinned against God and was condemned to death by God. And in order to recognize this power in Him with full hope, we need complete confirmation that He is the Only Begotten Son of God and the true God, because it is well said, albeit by bad people: “Who can forgive sins except God alone?” (Luke 5:21). Only the mercy of God the Son can provide worthy satisfaction to the offended majesty and justice of God the Father, only God can restore life to those condemned to death by God.
But the strongest evidence of the Divinity of Jesus Christ lies in His Resurrection. He himself gave this idea. When the Jews, surprised by the extraordinary power that He showed by expelling those who were selling and buying from the temple, asked Him: “What sign will you prove to us that you have the power to do this?” (John 2:18). That is, by what miracle will you prove that God gave You power over His temple? Then He, primarily before His other miracles, pointed to the miracle of His Resurrection. And he said to them: “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up” (John 2:19), that is, on the third day I will rise again. In fact, the miracles that the Lord Jesus performed on others during His earthly life, even the most wondrous of them - the resurrection of the dead, were also performed by the prophets, although not with the same authority as He. So Elijah prayed: “O Lord my God, may the soul of this lad return to him!” (1 Kings 17:21). But Jesus commanded: “Lazarus, get out” (John 11:43) from the tomb. However, they might not have noticed this difference, and therefore they could have accepted Jesus as a prophet and messenger of God, without yet recognizing in Him the Only Begotten Son of God. But. It has never been and cannot be imagined that a person could resurrect himself: and therefore, by the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus, the most perfect confirmation was given that He is the true God, ruling over life and death, and the Divine Savior has the power to resurrect all people killed by sins. “Christ has risen from the dead, the firstborn of those who died” (1 Cor. 15:20). This means that the Resurrection of Christ is the beginning of the resurrection of all the dead people - resurrection no longer into temporary life, as was the resurrection of Lazarus and others before him, but into eternal life. Before the resurrection of Christ, dark and unsteady opinions circulated among people about the immortality of the human soul. But the resurrection of the soul with the body was thought least of all even by those who tried to think more than others. The gaze of the chosen people was not enlightened on this matter: when Christ the Savior, denouncing the Sadducees, called God the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and opened the thought of resurrection of the dead, not only the Sadducees, but also those who thought more correctly were amazed at the novelty of this discovery: “And when the people heard, they were amazed at His teaching” (Matthew 22:33). And the less they knew about the future life, the less, of course, they had the incentive to prepare for it. Christ the Savior, with His teaching, in place of shaky opinions about immortality, put the firm truth of the Resurrection and by His Resurrection He realized this truth. He taught: “The time is coming in which all who are in the tombs will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who have done good will come forth into the resurrection of life, and those who did evil will come to the resurrection of judgment" (John 5:28-29), and the apostle adds: "That everyone may receive according to what he has done while in the body, whether good or bad" (2 Cor. 5:10). Filaret, Metropolitan of Moscow (113, 355).
"TO Just as Jonah was in the belly of the whale for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights" (Matthew 12:40). He who proclaims himself will fulfill what Jonah foreshadowed, knowing this exactly (because He himself was with Jonah and cast into the depths and cast out from the depths), undoubtedly fulfilled this, spending the same amount of time in the tomb as Jonah did in the whale. On Friday the Lord gave up his spirit - this was one day in the tomb all Saturday, then Saturday. night. When the day of the Lord dawned, He rose from the grave, and this is the third day... Saint Isidore Pelusiot (115, 735-736).
M Many are in great perplexity about the time of the resurrection of the Lord. For although the evangelists do not contradict each other, they seem to speak differently about this. According to the Evangelist Luke, “very early” (Luke 24:1), according to the Evangelist Mark, “very early” (Mark 16:2), according to the Evangelist Matthew, “after the Sabbath had passed” (Matthew 28:1), according to the Evangelist John - “on the very first day of the week... early, while it was still dark” (John 20:1), the wives came to the tomb. So how do we reconcile this to prevent evangelists from naming different times? First of all, you need to pay attention to what is written: “And after the Sabbath, at dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake (Matthew 28:1-2). This means that the Lord He did not rise on the Sabbath day, since the women “remained on the Sabbath according to the commandment” (Luke 23:56), but “after the Sabbath had passed” - therefore, at night, for the women who came in the morning, although they came very early, had already arrived. learned that the Lord was risen. So, the Resurrection took place on the morning of Sunday, the first day after Saturday, and not on Saturday, for otherwise how would three days be fulfilled? This means that the Lord rose not at the onset of evening, but after midnight. And indeed, in Greek. the text says “late”, an expression meaning the hour at sunset... and after midnight...
Further, the bishops, “gathering together with the elders” (Matthew 28:12), confirm that the Resurrection happened at night, saying to the guards: “say that His disciples came at night and stole Him while we were sleeping” (Matthew 28:13 ). They thought to confirm their deception by indicating the time at which, according to the guards, it happened.
Finally, Saint John says that Mary Magdalene came to him and Peter “early, while it was still dark” (John 20:1), and she did not yet know about the Resurrection that had taken place; if it had happened in the evening, it should have immediately become known. Saint Ambrose of Milan (116, 650).
M Many people ask why the Lord did not immediately appear to all the Jews at the Resurrection? The question is vain and vain. If He could convert everyone to faith by His appearance, He would not fail to appear to everyone. But He would not have in any way persuaded the Jews to believe if He had appeared to them after the Resurrection. He teaches us this through the example of Lazarus. For when Christ raised this four-day-old dead man with all the signs of corruption, when, according to His voice, this dead man, wrapped in burial shrouds, stood in the face of everyone - and this did not convert them to faith, but even more irritated them. Those who came there intended to kill Lazarus himself because the miracle of Christ had happened on him (John 12:10). So, if, seeing that the Lord raised Lazarus from the dead, they did not believe in Him, then with what fury would they have flared up against Him if He had shown them Himself, resurrected by His own power? Although they could not do anything to Him, they would rush towards wickedness with great fury. Therefore, wanting to save them from their vain fury, He hid from them. Moreover, they would have been subjected to more severe punishment if He had appeared to them after His Passion.
That is why, sparing them, although He Himself hid from their eyes, at the same time (for their conversion) He revealed Himself in signs and wonders. Thus, hearing Peter say: “In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, arise and walk” (Acts 3:6) meant no less than seeing the Risen Christ. Miracles served as proof of the Resurrection (of Christ) and disposed to faith; human hearts could rather be confirmed in faith by seeing miracles performed in His name than by the appearance of Himself after the Resurrection. This is clear from the fact that when Christ resurrected and appeared to His Disciples, the unbelieving Thomas was even found among them. He wanted to put his fingers into the wounds from the nails, to touch the ribs of Christ in order to be convinced of the Resurrection. If this disciple, who lived next to Christ for three years, participated in the Lord's table, witnessed His greatest signs and wonders, listened to His conversations and had already seen Him risen, with all this, he did not believe it until he saw the wounds from the nails and the copy , then how would the whole world believe in Him just because everyone would see Him risen? Who dares to say this?
But not only this, but also other examples, we will point out that miracles were much more convincing than the appearance of the resurrected one. So, when the people heard Peter saying to the lame man: “In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, arise and walk,” five thousand men immediately turned to faith in Christ (Acts 4:4); and the disciple, who saw the Risen One Himself, remained in disbelief. Do you see how this miracle awakened faith in the resurrection much more quickly? The appearance of the Risen Christ did not lead even His closest disciple out of unbelief, and the witnesses of the miracle performed by Peter became believers from the enemies of Christ...
But what am I saying about Thomas? If you want to know, the other disciples, when they saw the Lord after the Resurrection, did not immediately believe. Listen wisely, but don't judge them, beloved. If Christ did not condemn them, then do not condemn them either; for the disciples saw the extraordinary and wonderful appearance of the Firstborn Himself resurrected from the dead. And such great miracles usually strike with horror at first, until, after some time, peace settles in the hearts of believers. This is what happened then to the disciples. For after Christ, who had risen from the dead, greeted them with the words “Peace be with you,” they, as it is said, “became troubled and afraid, and thought that they saw a spirit. But He said to them, “Why are you troubled?” Then “he showed them his hands and feet. When they still did not believe for joy and were amazed, He said to them: Do you have any food here?” (Luke 24:36-41). This is how He wanted to assure His disciples of the Resurrection! If, he says, My ribs pierced by a spear do not convince you, and other wounds do not convince you, let the meal convince you... So, when He “showed Himself alive... appearing to them for forty days” (Acts 1:3) and He ate with them, not because He Himself needed food, but because He wanted to strengthen the disciples in the faith. And from here it is clear that the signs and wonders of the apostles themselves served as the most indisputable proof of Christ’s Resurrection...
Even at the very moment of death He could have erected a body and appeared alive. But he prudently did not do this, because they would say that the body did not die at all or that it was affected by an imperfect death. And if death and Resurrection had followed in a short period of time, then perhaps the glory of incorruption would have become obscure. To show death in the body, the Word raised him up on the third day. But so that, having risen after a long stay and complete decay in the tomb, there is no opportunity to doubt that he no longer has one body, but another, for this reason he endures no more than three days. And those who heard what He said about the resurrection did not wait long, but while the word still sounded in their memory, while they did not yet avert their eyes and were not distracted by their thoughts, while they were still alive on earth and were in the same place, both those who killed and those testifying to death body of the Lord, the Son of God Himself showed that the body, which was dead for three days, is immortal and incorruptible. Saint Athanasius of Alexandria (113, 340).
WITH Someone asks: “Why is it so established by the Fathers that, for example, on the day of the suffering of Christ, the Gospel about suffering and the Cross is read in the Church, but the book of the Acts of the Apostles is read not on those days and not at the time when these acts were committed? For not immediately after the Resurrection of Christ, the apostles began to perform miracles. But Christ himself remained with them on earth for forty days, and the apostles at that time did not perform any miracles until the descent of the Holy Spirit on them. Why not after Pentecost, but immediately after the Resurrection, we begin to read. Acts of the Apostles? After remembering the sufferings of Christ, we celebrate His Resurrection. But the best proof of the truth of the Resurrection of Christ is the miracles performed by the apostles, and the book of Acts is nothing more than a story about the miracles of the apostles. So, what most assures us of the truth of the Resurrection of Christ is what the Fathers commanded to read immediately after the days of suffering and the life-giving Resurrection. For this reason, beloved, immediately after the Cross and Resurrection, we read the Acts of the Apostles, in order to have firm and undoubted confidence in the truth of the Resurrection of Christ. Have you not seen with your bodily eyes the Risen One from the dead? - but you contemplate Him with the eyes of faith. Have you not seen the Risen One with your bodily eyes? But you will see Him in countless miracles. The story of the miracles performed by the apostles leads us to this contemplation of the Risen One by faith. Saint John Chrysostom (114, 26-27).
1 Corinthians 5:7 Therefore cleanse
old leaven to be
a new test for you, since you
unleavened, for Pascha is ours,
Christ, slain for us.
Easter! Happy holiday of the victory of Hope over hopelessness!!!
Holy Sunday has arrived!
How calm and light your soul is!
Let life be generous with joy!
Full of warmth, hope and kindness!
HAPPY GREAT DAY!
HAPPY EASTER!
WITH GRACE FROM HEAVEN!
CONGRATULATIONS, WISHING YOU,
LIVE IN LOVE!
CHRIST IS RISEN!
Spring has scattered colors,
The anthem of life rings to the skies.
My friends, happy EASTER -
Christ is risen today!!!
Happy Easter!
What is more wonderful than all miracles!
Every day will be wonderful!
After all, Christ is Truly Risen!
Christ has risen and hell has been conquered by Him.
Christ has risen and the world has been redeemed by Him.
Christ has risen and the angels rejoice.
Christ has risen and people are celebrating.
Christ has risen and heaven is open to us.
Christ has risen and the power of hell has fallen.
Christ has risen and the sting of death has been erased.
Christ has risen and saved the world from torment.
For this purpose Christ died, and rose again, and came to life, that he might rule over both the dead and the living. Romans 14:9
He has risen and death has been crushed,
Powerful lies are subjected to shame,
The purpose for all life is naked,
And love caresses the heart with its gaze.
He is risen, and wonderful love
It shines in the sky with inspiration,
He rose again and showed everyone again
That only He is the Ruler in the universe.
He is Risen, and He is the King of all kings,
That is why faith rejoices so much.
Sunday is the heart of all life,
Souls cry out: “Hallelujah”!
Many teachers became great, but only One was resurrected.
Vladimir Ladyzhensky
Christ is risen! In love's rays
Covenant of the blissful Heavens
—
Christ is risen!
The good news is written in Blood.
Death has no power over Him! And we who believe in Him should not be afraid! Sin and death are defeated by the death and resurrection of Christ!
You will never be too dead that God cannot raise you from the dead.
Christ is risen! I believe, and you?
Knowing that Christ died is history.
Believing that He died for me is salvation.
30 So, leaving the times of ignorance, God now commands people everywhere to repent,
31 For He has appointed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man He has appointed, having given proof to all by raising Him from the dead.
Acts 17
I am not suggesting that you add Christ to your life... I am suggesting that you exchange your life for Christ! ‘Matt 10:39 John MacArthur
God's love is measured by the price He paid for me.
My love for God is measured by the price I pay...
I have risen so that you may turn
And I was able to love others like I did.
I glorify my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Crucified for my sins, Risen and Coming again!!!
14 Then it was the Friday before Easter, and it was six o’clock. And [Pilate] said to the Jews: Behold, your King!
15 But they shouted: Take him, take him, crucify him! Pilate says to them: Shall I crucify your king? The high priests answered: We have no king except Caesar.
16 Then at last he handed Him over to them to be crucified. And they took Jesus and led him away.
17 And, bearing His cross, He went out to a place called Skull, in Hebrew Golgotha;
18 There they crucified Him and two others with Him, on this side and on the other, and Jesus in the middle.
19 Pilate also wrote an inscription and placed it on the cross. It was written: Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.
(John 19:14-19)
‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life’
(John 3:16)
13 Pilate, having called together the chief priests and rulers and the people,
14 He said to them, “You have brought this man to me as one who corrupts the people; and behold, I examined before you and did not find this man guilty of anything of which you accuse Him;
(Luke 23:13-14)
...and he sold Christ for thirty dollars...
Jesus said to him: Judas! Do you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?
Luke 22:48
(Jesus:) Father! Oh, that You would deign to carry this cup past Me! however, not My will, but Yours be done.
Luke 22:42
Our Easter is Christ, sacrificed for us. (1 Cor. 5:7)
Lydia Charskaya
Earth and sun
Fields and forest -
Everyone praises God:
Christ is risen!
In the blue smile
Living skies
Still the same joy:
Christ is risen!
The enmity has disappeared
And the fear disappeared.
No more anger -
Christ is risen!
How wonderful are the sounds
Holy words
In which you can hear:
Christ is risen!
Earth and sun
Fields and forest -
Everyone praises God:
Christ is risen!
There is only one beauty in the world -
Love, sadness, renunciation
And voluntary torment
Christ crucified for us
Konstantin Balmont
Corruption of souls and emptiness,
What gnaws at the mind and aches in the heart, -
Who will heal them, who will cover them?..
You, the pure robe of Christ...
F.I. Tyutchev
Do you know why Easter is celebrated all over the world?
So know that its meaning is deeper than Easter cakes and eggs!
Mark 16:9 Having risen early on the first day of the week, Jesus first appeared to Mary Magdalene, from whom he cast out seven demons.
1 Cor 15:55 Death! where is your sting? hell! where is your victory?
Matthew 28:6 He is not here - He has risen.
Cor 15:20 But Christ has risen from the dead, the firstborn of those who have fallen asleep.
John 19:41,42 In the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. Jesus was laid there...
Matthew 27:58,60 He came to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered the body to be given back... and laid it in his new coffin.
Luke 23:33 And when they came to the place called Skull, there they crucified Him and the evildoers, one on the right and the other on the left.
Mark 15:14 Pilate said to them, “What evil has He done?” But they shouted even more loudly: crucify Him.
Luke 22:48 Jesus said to him: Judas! Do you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?
Every now and then they repeat
The words “Christ is risen!”
Everyone smiles at each other:
“Truly risen!”
“And we, who were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ,”
“By grace you have been saved, and you were raised up with Him and seated in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.”
(Eph.2:5,6)
Look at My hands and at My feet; it is I Myself; touch Me and see... (Luke 24:39)
TRULY IS RISEN!!! HE LIVES AND REIGNS!!!
“The angel, speaking to the women, said: “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified; He is not here - He has risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay, and go quickly, tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead!” (Matthew 28:5-7)
JESUS DIED AND RISEN FOR YOU,
DON'T GO TO HELL -
REPENT OF YOUR SINS AND LIVE FOR HIM!
Easter should be celebrated in church, not drunk in nature!
In the kingdom of the dead, roll call:
- Socrates, are you here?
- Here! - sounds the answer.
- Caesar, are you here?
- Here!
- Napoleon, are you here?
- Here!
- Jesus of Nazareth, are you here?
- HE IS NOT HERE: HE IS RISEN!
The only one, He rose again to give us hope and life.
Therefore, I will give Him a portion among the great, and He will share the spoils with the strong, because He gave His soul to death and was counted among the evildoers, while He bore the sin of many and became an intercessor for the criminals.
Isaiah 53:12
Spring has come - the time for miracles.
The spring gurgles - “Christ is Risen!”
There are no brighter words in the world -
“Truly Christ is Risen!”
“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.”
2 Corinthians 5:21.
“I do not want to leave you, brothers, in ignorance about the dead, so that you do not grieve like others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, then God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.”
(1 Thess. 4:13-14)
John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Jesus died on the cross for us and rose from the dead on EASTER SUNDAY to offer every person a priceless and free gift eternal life and forgiveness of sins. This is the real MEANING of Easter - SALVATION FOR YOU! God loves you and all you have to do is accept the gift He has for you - LIFE!
People nailed to the cross suffer terrible pain, as if their whole body is on fire. Their blood is baked, and their heart seems pierced by thousands of needles. The whole body feels like it's being torn apart. But the Lord’s suffering was different, more terrible – invisible suffering. That hellish fire, which was destined for all mankind forever for its sins, that terrible suffering the Lord had to endure on the Cross. Hell itself burst into the pure soul of the Savior, and this terrible fire tormented Him. The sinner experiences abandonment by God. And this abandonment of God, which is completely incomprehensible to us now, which sinners experience in hell, is a complete loss of God, it is more terrible than all other torments. And Christ experienced it. Therefore He exclaimed: My God! My God! Why have you forsaken me?.. (Mark 15:34)
“Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.”
(John 1:29)
23 But they continued with great shouting to demand that He be crucified; and the cry prevailed over them and the chief priests.
24 And Pilate decided to be at their request,
(Luke 23:23-24)
My God is the God of the suffering,
God, stained with blood, God - Man and Brother with a heavenly soul,
And before suffering and pure love
I bow with my fervent prayer
S. Nadson
Galatians 3:13a
Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law.
Christ is risen! Souls
my joy,
My Savior, Nadezhda,
My life!
He trampled death
broke the bonds of hell
And he took prisoners
Heaven's edges!
That He has risen
I always rejoice!
He clothed Himself with His Life
all my life!
I live with Him and in Him
I'm just celebrating
I praise Him, hymn to Him
I sing!
Christ is risen! Risen!
Not the strength of death,
Neither the powers of darkness nor everything
His enemies
Neither strong cold
grave -
They did not restrain my God!
And let the slaves of sin
enmity and corruption
They say there is no Christ
that He did not live
May the victims of darkness
disbelief and doubt
They say that the resurrection is
just a dream -
Christ is risen! Soul then
knows right
That He lives and I live
I will be with Him!
Christ is risen! That's the news
doesn't stop talking!
He's alive! He's alive to
give life to your own!
Christ is risen! Oh believe
to this word!
Christ is risen! - Notes
rose with Him?
He broke sin and death
fetter
And entered heaven. Are you going
are you following Him?
He brought light! - But the light
shines in you?
He gives life! - You took
is His life?
Christ is risen!
Crowns with immortality
Our own Christ! You accepted
His gift?
"Christ is risen!" - Here
the news is more precious than anything else!
"Christ is risen!" - soul
mine insists.
"Christ is risen!" - and mind
keeps saying the same thing.
"Christ is risen!" - So
The Word speaks!
Christ is risen! Hope
shone,
And fear of power
death has disappeared forever!
Christ is risen! Life
a new one has arrived
For everyone in whose heart
Jesus has resurrected!
But God proves His love for us by the fact that Christ died for us while we were still sinners.
(Rom.5:8)
17 For dogs have surrounded me; a crowd of evildoers has surrounded me; they have pierced my hands and my feet.
18 All my bones could be numbered; and they look and make a spectacle out of me;
19 They divide my garments among themselves and cast lots for my clothing.
Ps.21
Death couldn't cope with Him
and the grave could not hold Him!
CHRIST IS RISEN!!!
The Pharisees could not bear Him and were unable to stop Him.
Pilate could not find any guilt in Him, Herod could not kill Him.
Passover! - the Jews say, - the trouble has passed by.
Christ is risen! - we say, - salvation for the pagans!
Luke 24:39 Look at My hands and My feet; it is I Myself; touch Me and look at Me; for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.
He, being the image of God, humbled Himself, becoming obedient even to the point of death, even death on the cross. Therefore God has highly exalted Him and given Him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
(Phil.2:6-11)
Baking Easter cakes is a pagan ritual that has nothing in common with Christ.
Kulich is prepared with yeast, but there was no leaven in the body of Christ, because in His
there was no sin in life.
The Jews demand miracles
Greeks seek wisdom;
and we preach Christ crucified
1 Corinthians 1:22-23
God raised the Lord
He will also resurrect us by His power.
1 Corinthians 6:14
Christ is risen! Christ is risen!
May these joyful sounds
Like angels singing from heaven,
They will dispel anger, sorrow, torment!
Let us unite all brotherly hands,
Christ is risen! Again at dawn
The shadow of the long night is thinning,
Again lit above the ground
A new day for a new life.
The thickets of the forest are still turning black;
Still in its damp shadow,
Lakes stand like mirrors
And breathe the freshness of the night;
Still in the blue valleys
The fogs are floating... But look:
Already burning on mountain ice floes
The fiery rays of dawn!
They are still shining on high.
Unattainable like a dream
Where the voices of the earth fall silent
And beauty is immaculate.
But, getting closer every hour
Because of the reddening peaks,
They will sparkle, flaring up,
And into the darkness of the forests, and into the depths of the valleys;
They will rise in the desired beauty
And they will announce from the heights of heaven,
That the promised day has come,
That God has truly risen!
I. A. Bunin 1896
Covenant of the blissful heavens
The song of Sunday sounds to us,
Love, and happiness, and forgiveness,
Sunday for us is:
the basis for our faith (1 Cor. 15:14);
hope for life (1 Peter 1:3);
the hope that we will be resurrected (1 Cor. 15:20-23);
proclamation God's power working in us (Eph 1:19,20);
justification (Rom 4:25);
salvation (Rom 10:9, 1 Pet 3:21);
victory over death and hell (1 Cor 15:55-57).
“Thus it became necessary for Christ to suffer and enter into His glory”
(Luke 24:26)
And it is recognized by all: great is the mystery of piety:
He who was revealed in the flesh,
was justified in the Spirit,
was seen by angels,
was preached to the nations,
was accepted by faith into the world,
was lifted up in glory.
1 Timothy 3:16,17 - translation of ep. Cassian.
No one will forget that day
the greatest day in history.
The fate of the world was decided at that moment.
Life won on Sunday afternoon on the Cross!
Easter is a holiday!
There are signs of joy everywhere.
Happiness shines in the eyes.
The sun is shining in the sky.
The singing is loud.
The sun's light and the laughter of a child.
And in my heart
Bright hymns ring.
And from edge to edge
The happiness we know about.
Easter! Easter! Guest of heaven!
Everyone shouts: “Christ is risen!”
God is love: Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again on the third day, according to Scripture. So, God commands repentance.
It is logical to conclude that the manipulations performed with Easter cakes and eggs are done in order to please God. But what does God himself think about them?
“...Death is swallowed up in victory. Death! Where is your sting?
Hell! Where is your victory?...Thanks be to God,
who has given us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!” (1 Cor. 15:54-57).
Death stood at the foot of the cross,
I looked at the crucifix and waited.
Here I touched the Son of God with a sting,
She took Jesus into her arms.
What a sacrifice! There was no such thing.
Death triumphed: “And You are with me!
I'll hide you under a tombstone
And I will deafen you with grave silence.”
How sweet was the taste of victory for death!
In the valleys of darkness, among the dead, is God!
End. Everything has been said and everything has been sung.
Where are the miracles of Jesus? Where is Love?
Two days have passed. And death was calm
I worked harder than ever
And stung the worthy, the unworthy,
I didn’t receive you as a guest - forever.
Jesus was dead. The grave was strong.
And mortal bonds cannot be broken.
Death knew: there is no such force in the world,
To raise the dead from the grave.
And in the kingdom of the dead it echoed,
That God died. How terrible is the oppression of death!
But death was wrong. The morning was coming
That morning that will change the whole world.
Death worked that night until dawn,
I sat down to rest, tired of my work.
But what is it? Where does all this light come from?
Who dared to move the stone from the grave?
Death was choking with indignation -
No one has yet opened the graves:
"Not true! No! This doesn’t happen..." -
She whispered, dropping her hands without strength.
Happens. Is it true! Death bent his shoulders
Having seen how he came out of captivity
Lord Jesus. He walked towards death.
Death understood: the Son of God has won.
And she stepped aside like a pitiful shadow...
Jesus has resurrected! And death, no, is not strong!
Life rejoiced! Sunday morning!
What joy the Lord has given!
And the sun rose. And the birds sang.
And delicate flowers bloomed...
And again the hearts of the disciples burned. —
You and I remember this.
That morning came to our hearts one day.
"Christ is risen!" - on our lips today.
“Truly risen!” - everyone will answer,
Who accepted the Lord Christ with their hearts.
“What are you happy about? - people ask. —
Jesus is crucified. How can you rejoice? —
We know. But then a miracle happened:
Christ is risen! And this is grace.
Oh, may God rise for you today,
And then the joy of Easter will come to you.
Easter solemn songs
And your heart will sing with us!
Lyubov VASENINA
When there seems to be no escape
And the insidious demon takes over,
Tell yourself in consolation:
"Christ is risen!"
Don't say it's all gone
And there are no miracles,
The Lord took the sting out of death:
Christ is risen!
When the storm is raging all around
And the ray of hope has already disappeared,
Don’t you dare sit with your head downcast -
Christ is risen!
Illumines the whole soul with light,
And the heart breaks to heaven,
When the Angel announces to us:
"Christ is risen!"
Which gives grace.
My joy is that by faith on Sunday,
The upcoming holy celebration.
And celebrate not once a year, but often,
His Holy Resurrection.
April 2011 Margarita Kolomiytseva
Archpriest Dimitry Smirnov said that the roots of the tradition - visiting the graves of loved ones on Easter is not a Christian custom and goes back to pre-revolutionary Russia, when the vast majority of our ancestors lived in villages and on Easter went to nearby villages, where, unlike villages, there was certainly a church . In order not to return off-road and then, in good weather, not to go again to the cemetery to clean the graves, ordinary people after the service went to the resting places of their loved ones (people were then buried mainly in churches) and broke their fast at the cemetery with an Easter cake they brought with them .
Victory of love
On that day no one knew yet
That this day decides everything.
That the whole earth is in this crucifixion
Salvation will be found.
Nobody. Only I knew the continuation
I knew what would happen in an hour...
I knew My destiny.
I looked at you through the centuries.
I became your door to salvation,
When I was thirty-three,
I saw your generation
And I heard a quiet: “I’m sorry.”
I became water and light for you,
But I knew that the cross was prepared
That day I knew I would be betrayed
I knew there was no other way.
I knew time was up
That I'm left all alone
That death hung over the city,
That this hour is unbearable...
I heard shouts: “He is a traitor!”
Kill him! Let Him die!
They didn't know that the Creator
They bear the punishment.
And I was silent. A bit more…
Here is my first nail...
Such a pain! How much blood...
It's finished! Finally, it came true!
Dry lips. I'm chained.
I can't breathe. I'm above the ground.
Sentenced. Beaten up. Spit on
A fierce crowd.
I saw you in that crowd
You were among them, shouting: “Crucify!”
And I prayed to the Father: “Forgive them!”
I was a messenger of love.
I knew you would weigh your years
Which you lived in vain,
Still not understanding where you are? what you?
What did you hate? What did you love?
Your roads were steep
Success, fall, vanity...
But a minute would be enough,
To invite Me into your heart.
On the day that I was crucified
I've already seen your ending
Your sins tormented you,
You expected death for them...
I saw tears, shame, embarrassment,
I saw bitterness and guilt
I saw your end and decay,
And I realized, I love you!
Love you! May you not understand
Or maybe he didn’t want to understand
Why do I need all this earthly grief?
I hasten to take it with me to the cross.
Love you. And only this
Was the reason for that day.
Love you! Let it be unrequited.
But I decided to save you.
Love for you gave me
Determination not to give up
Be patient! And pull out the sting of death!
So that you don't die!
I knew that there is victory in love.
The crowd was noisy, there was shouting everywhere,
And I loved, forgave, and this...
Baffled the devil.
On that day I died. And it happened -
That day I went to hell for you,
And the sky opened for people,
After all, sin was crucified with Me.
Since then, earth and sky have been close,
But there is an abyss, a step long,
That step is so simple - you just have to take a step,
To be with Me in heaven.
Step of repentance - and you are accepted!
If you believed in Me,
God's mercy is extended to you!
I am an excuse for you!
I heard the lies in your ears
Satan skillfully invested
He is in a rage and rushes to destroy,
All that I have revealed to you.
I saw all your struggles
I saw your insides
I saw pride and doubt...
But still... I love you!
I'm waiting for you. Go without fear.
You are dear to me. After all, for so many years
I walked to you through piles of ashes,
To bring My light to you.
On that day I foresaw this day.
Then I thought about one thing,
Let me die, but you live,
For reconciliation with the Creator.
I forgive you everything now,
Believe me, I love you so much!
What the enemy stole, I return,
I'm giving you a new chance.
I don't remember your mistakes
Start with a clean slate
What was before is washed away by Blood,
Live from now on without sin!
Live and remember: I am with you.
I'm alive! I was resurrected on the third day!
Breathe from now on with My love,
And give the past to the cross.
Live! Live! And My holiness
Absorb it and be like me!
And may your life be a joy
For everyone around and for you.
Live! We need each other so much!!!
Now we belong to each other!
Live! I extend my hand -
Receive the handshake of love!
I was born for you to be born
I was crucified so you could live
I have risen so that you may turn
And I was able to love others like I did.
Go. How many tears I see.
Go and show them the way!
To godless, proud generations
Tell me about My sacrifice!
Natalia Shevchenko
Let us delve into the meaning of the mystery of the cross... The whole world, that is, the human race, would have been given over to eternal death, eternal torment - according to the unchangeable, strictest truth of God, if the Son of God had not become voluntarily, out of boundless goodness, the Mediator and Redeemer of the criminal, defiled and humanity corrupted by sin. Christ was not guilty of any sin, but was the one perfect Man in hypostatic union with the Divine.
(John of Kronstadt)
The world is accustomed to bloody atrocities,
But this has never happened before...
“Rejoice, King of the Jews!” —
The crowd howled wildly.
The purple is burning with fresh blood,
Evil boils like Vesuvius with lava.
You can’t read the compassion on their faces -
The people went crazy, went crazy...
It is not enough to hand over a body to crucifixion.
We need to dirty humility...
The blood will fall on the descendants as a curse,
And not everyone will receive insight...
Life burned in the alleys of centuries,
Waiting for holy judgment
But he came and put him under the lash
The King of the Jews His purity.
Dying, unable to be holy
Generations under the rule of law
But he came to die crucified,
Almighty of the heavenly throne.
God endured spitting and beatings,
A shameful death, severe torment...
On the cross He shone with love,
Stretching out my pierced hands...
In the bustle and worries of everyday life
Cursing this world for its cruelty,
Remember the way that the King of the Jews
It was passed for you and me...
The place of execution is now a crossroads
Human destinies and routes.
The door is open. It's easy to enter...
But this cannot be done for us...
ELENA SHUSTRYAKOVA
It is impossible for a person to lead a pure life when he does not believe in the resurrection.
John Chrysostom
I'm not in a spring mood for Easter
Not in a magnificent celebration, not in Easter cakes.
Easter is for me in the breaking of light bread,
In deep sorrow for your sins.
For me, Easter is not in the snow-blooming willow,
Not in the ringing of golden bells.
Easter for me is that I am saved by faith -
The Destroyer passed by, seeing the Blood.
For me the joy of Easter is in the matter of Redemption,
Which gives grace.
My joy is that by faith on Sunday
I am capable of dying on the cross,
To live forever and firmly believe in Easter -
The coming holy celebration
And celebrate not just once a year, but often
His Holy Resurrection.
On Easter Day, playing joyfully,
The lark flew high,
And in the blue sky, disappearing,
He sang the song of resurrection.
And they repeated that song loudly
And the steppe, and the hill, and the dark forest.
“Wake up, earth,” they said,
Wake up: Your King, your God has risen!
Wake up, mountains, valleys, rivers,
Praise the Lord from Heaven.
He has conquered death forever -
Wake up, you too, green forest.
Snowdrop, silver lily of the valley,
Violet - bloom again
And send up a fragrant hymn
To Him Whose commandment is love.”
Princess E. Gorchakova
Grand Duke
Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov
Thanks to You, the Risen One!
The night has passed, and a new dawn
Let the world usher in renewal
There is grief in the hearts of people.
Praise the Lord from Heaven
And sing incessantly:
The world of His miracles is filled
And glory unspeakable.
Praise the host of Ethereal Forces
And Angelic faces:
From the darkness of the mournful graves
A great light shone.
Praise the Lord from Heaven,
Hills, cliffs, mountains!
Hosanna! The fear of death has disappeared
Our eyes brighten.
Praise God, far away seas
And the ocean is endless!
May all sorrow be silenced
And the murmur is hopeless!
Praise the Lord from Heaven
And praise, people!
Christ is risen!
Christ is risen!
And trampled death forever!
V. Bazhanov
Christ is Risen! People are brothers!
Each other in warm arms
Hurry up to joyfully accept!
Forget quarrels, insults,
Yes, the bright holiday of Sunday
Nothing will overshadow.
Christ is Risen! Hell trembles
And the sun of eternal truth shines
Above the renewed earth:
And the whole universe is warmed
A ray of Divine light.
Taste joy and peace.
Christ is Risen! Holy day!..
Thunder in all corners of the universe
Unceasing praise to the Creator!
Sorrows and sorrows have passed,
The shackles of sin fell from them,
The soul recoiled from evil.
V. Ladyzhensky
Christ is risen! Starlings sing
And, awakening, the steppes rejoice.
In the snow, murmuring streams run
And with a ringing laugh they quickly tear
Chained in winter.
The dark forest is still thoughtful,
Not believing the happiness of waking up.
Wake up! Sing the song of Sunday -
Christ is risen!
Christ is risen! In love's rays
The gloomy cold of sorrow will disappear,
Let joy reign in our hearts
Both those who are old and those who are young!
Covenant of the blissful Heavens
The song of Sunday sounds to us,
Love, and happiness, and forgiveness, -
Christ is risen!
Christ is risen! He, the King of the Worlds,
Lord of mighty kings,
He is all humility, all love,
For a sinful world, holy blood
Shed like an angel - a redeemer!
Christ is risen! He gave people
The covenant of holy forgiveness,
He mercy to the fallen bestowed
And for holy beliefs
He ordered him to suffer as he himself suffered!
Christ is risen! He announced
That all people on earth are brothers,
He renewed the world with love,
He forgave his enemies on the cross,
And he opened his arms to us!
Christ is risen! Christ is risen!
May these joyful sounds
Like angels singing from heaven,
They will dispel anger, sorrow, torment!
Let us unite all brotherly hands,
Let's hug everyone! Christ is risen!
Pavel Potekhin
Christ is risen! - just two words,
But how much grace there is in them!
We are unearthly bliss again
Illuminated in your hearts.
Sorrows and sufferings are forgotten,
Grief and need are forgotten,
The groans and murmurs fell silent,
Envy and enmity have disappeared...
Pavel Potekhin
All faces are shining with joy,
Hearts are free from passions...
They have such a miraculous effect
Holy words on people!..
Christ is risen!..
Oh sacred moment!..
O miracle, above all miracles,
What were there in the universe!..
Christ is risen!
Christ is risen!
Holy holiday
Protopresbyter Vasily Bazhanov
How easy it is for my soul!
My heart is full of tenderness!
All the worries and doubts
We've flown far away!
Peace fills my soul,
Joy shines in the eyes,
And, as if, in heaven
The sun is shining brighter!…
People are brothers! Arrived
Great day, day of salvation!
Happy Sunday
God of righteousness, God of strength!…
Away from us enmity and malice!
Let's forget everything! We'll forgive everything!
Let us honor with reconciliation
Today is the day of the Risen One from the grave!
He was not malicious, did not take revenge, -
But with fatherly love
With His all-honorable blood
He washed us the unworthy...
He is risen! - The time will come
Sundays for us too...
We don’t know this hour...
Why don’t we throw off the burden of sins?
Why don't we think about it?
With what in the moment of rebirth
From insignificance and decay,
Will we appear before Christ?...
He is risen! Abode of Paradise
Reopened to people...
But there is only one way to get there:
Life is sinless, holy!
