“Christos Anesti!” (“Christ has risen!”). “Alithos Anesti” (“Truly, He has risen!”). Happy Greek Orthodox Easter! The most important holiday of the Greek Orthodox religion is Easter, or “Pascha,” a ...
Each year in the weeks leading up to Easter, my mom always tells the same infamous story. One day in second grade, I came home bawling, and when my mom asked what was wrong, I burst into another round ...
Let God arise, and his enemies be scattered: and let those that hate him flee before his face. A sacred Pascha has been revealed to us today, a new and holy Pascha, a mystic Pascha, an all-venerable ...
Millions of Orthodox Christians from around the world will be celebrating their Easter (Pascha) this weekend, including the congregation of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. As orthodox ...
Christos Anesti! Christ is Risen! Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life! The nature of the resurrected body. Let’s continue with our ...
A remarkable episode happened during my Orthodox Christian prehistory. It was it the late ‘70s; we lived in Leningrad on the Kriukov canal, just opposite the St. Nicholas Cathedral, and every year we ...