 The Myrrh-Bearing Women at the Empty Tomb "Why do you seek the living among the dead? Why do you seek the Incorruptible One amid corruption? Go and proclaim it to His disciples!" --from the Stichera of Pascha |
 The Doubt of the disciple Thomas "The other disciples therefore said to him, 'We have seen the Lord.' But he said to them, 'Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.' " -- John 20:25 (NKJV) |
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"O death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?"
May 5, 2013
From the previous evening:
Blessing of the Kulich (A Slavic Pascha
tradition), 10:45 PM
Services of the
Resurrection, 11:15 PM
Proclamation of
the Resurrection of Christ, Midnight
followed by The
Divine Liturgy of St. John
Chrysostom.
The fast of Great Lent ends with the proclamation of the Resurrection of Christ at midnight on Holy Saturday.
The late morning of Holy and Great Pascha:
Vespers of Agape,
11:00 AM
The Gospel reading, John 20:19-25, is read in as many languages as are known in the congregation
to show the universality of the Gospel message.
Traditional Lamb Dinner and Children's Easter Egg Hunt, Noon
Bright Week, a fast-free week, begins today.
In addition, we do not kneel during services until Pentecost.
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