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All posts in category Pascha
Re: Aghsdgoma
Posted by Molly on April 25, 2012
http://mollydodd.wordpress.com/2012/04/25/re-aghsdgoma/
Aghsdgoma
There are some things that are just kind of hard to write about, or to think about with just one’s brain, for that matter. For me, the Georgian church is one of those things. That’s because I always experience several overlapping thoughts and feelings about it simultaneously — the event itself, the way we’re celebrating [...]
Posted by Molly on April 16, 2012
http://mollydodd.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/aghsdgoma/
Kriste Aghsdga!
Christ is risen! Cheshmaritad!
Posted by Molly on April 16, 2012
http://mollydodd.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/kriste-aghdga/
Christ is Risen!
It is the day of Resurrection; let us be radiant for the festival, and let us embrace one another. Let us say, O brethren, even to those that hate us: Let us forgive all things on the Resurrection; and thus let us cry: Christ is risen from the dead, by death He has trampled down [...]
Posted by Molly on April 24, 2011
http://mollydodd.wordpress.com/2011/04/24/christ-is-risen-2/
Joy Day
The Tuesday after Bright Week has apparently been designated “Joy Day” by some Orthodox. I couldn’t say which ones, exactly (though it might be interesting to find out), but for sure the Antiochian Orthodox of Mid-America. And how is joy day celebrated? Why, by a Liturgy followed by an outing to the local graveyards to [...]
Posted by Molly on April 13, 2010
http://mollydodd.wordpress.com/2010/04/13/joy-day/
Thomas Sunday
Today is Thomas Sunday because he had missed meeting Christ right after the Resurrection, and then had to wait eight more days in order to see Him and believe. Thus, he is commemorated on the eighth day after Passcha. The homily was, as I recall, mostly on “showing up.” That is to say, Thomas is [...]
Posted by Molly on April 11, 2010
http://mollydodd.wordpress.com/2010/04/11/thomas-sunday/
Christ is Risen!
Christ is risen from the dead Trampling down death by death and upon those in the tombs bestowing life! So I haven’t been writing much lately. Mostly I’ve been in church. Holy Week is very beautiful; last year I wrote an entry on each day’s service, but not so much this year. In any event, [...]
Posted by Molly on April 8, 2010
http://mollydodd.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/christ-is-risen/
Xristos Anesti – BAM!!!
Last week I ran into a priest at a little Russian coffee shop, who mentioned that some folks sing “Christ is risen” like they’re at a bar – so you can tell who’s pious by how they’re singing. I’m a defender of robust Pascha joy, but some folks take it just a bit far, as [...]
Posted by Molly on April 23, 2009
http://mollydodd.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/xristos-anesti-bam/
Paschal Fire
Most Orthodox and Copts know about this, but I don’t think other Christians do. Basically, every year on Pascha, for a very long time back, God lights the candles in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. There are hundreds – maybe thousands – of witnesses that attest to it. They report that it doesn’t burn [...]
Posted by Molly on April 21, 2009
http://mollydodd.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/paschal-fire/
Pretty Pascha Video
Posted by Molly on April 19, 2009
http://mollydodd.wordpress.com/2009/04/19/pretty-pascha-video/
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