Christ is Risen!
Christós anésti ek nekrón, thanáto thanaton patísas, kai tis en tis mnimasi zoin harisamenos!
What more can be said of the resurrection of our Lord? The joy of Pascha is too bright for me to write many words.
Christ is risen!
Christos Anesti!
What more could we ever need?
Christ poured out His blood for Man, harrowed the gates of Hell, trampled down death by death, and rose again on the third day.
Our Lord did what the heroes of old could not do. Like them he descended down to Hades, but unlike them He could not be held captive. He bound Death in chains, freed the righteous from the pit and rose to claim His kingdom. He has bestowed life upon those in the tomb.
In a single moment everything was redeemed. All of Men’s deeds are no longer futile, our all strivings no longer in vain. Every hero’s journey need no longer end in the cold grip of death. The songs of Men need no longer be all bittersweet. Light has scattered the darkness. The Gates of Eden are reopened.
Because of Christ, the long night of the old world has passed away.
Dawn has broken.
He is risen, Amen. He did it all through his love of us .
Amen. He is Risen! Hallelujah!