Tag: Resurrection
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The Resurrection Among Us: Commentary on the Gospel of John (20:19-20)
by Rev. Charalambos Livyos Papadopoulos | български | ქართული | Română | Русский | Српски This text was originally published in Greek on the blog of Volos Academy for Theological Studies, πολυμερώς και πολυτρόπως (“In Many and Various Ways”). Read the Greek original. After the Resurrection of Christ, we witness Him appearing eleven times to […]
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Participation in 1821: The Universal Significance of the Greek Revolution
by Panagiotis G. Pavlos | ελληνικά Two hundred years have passed since the beginning of Greek Revolution of 1821, the first successful revolution, after numerous failed attempts throughout five centuries, against the Ottoman conqueror and tyrant. It is an event of universal significance that not only signifies the resuscitation of Hellenism from the lethal bonds […]
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The Resurrection Miracle Revealed to the Myrrhbearers
by V. K. McCarty | български | ქართული | ελληνικά | Русский | Српски The first rising of the sun in the East shoots rose light across the dim landscape; it is a time the early monks knew well, for a prayer service was starting, when the bell-ringer could just begin to see the lines […]
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Was Mary, the Mother of Jesus, the First Person to See the Risen Lord Outside the Empty Tomb?
by John Fotopoulos | ελληνικά | Română | српски In Orthodox icons of Jesus’s empty tomb and resurrection, it is common to see Mary the mother of Jesus depicted as one of the myrrhbearing women. A related theme, although perhaps depicted less frequently in icons, is that the Virgin Mary saw the risen Jesus outside […]
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The Resurrection of Christ
by Petros Vassiliadis | ελληνικά What is the reason for defining the event of the Resurrection of Christ as “Radiant”—“Lampri”? And what makes the faithful exclaim in the words of Saint John Damascene: “This is the day of resurrection, let us be radiant O people: Pascha, the Lord’s Pascha. For Christ our God has passed […]
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The Politics of Pascha
by Fr. Aidan Kimel Since November 8th, 2016, contributors to Public Orthodoxy have advanced various responses to the unexpected victory of Donald J. Trump. Fr John Jillions proposes that the Church needs to practice a politics of communion, which includes charitable works, prophetic political witness, and renewed ascetical life. Aristotle Papanikolaou asserts that the Church needs to vigorously denounce […]