The Paschal Martyrdom of Neomartyr Panagiotis (+ 1820)

Below is an account of the Englishman Joseph Wolff, an eccentric missionary to the Jews, who relates that when a young man named Panagiotis, in his ignorance of Islamic law entered the Mosque of Omar in Jerusalem (the Dome of the…

Paschal Epistle of 1922 of Metropolitan Antony

Christ is Risen! Brethren, Russians, and all Orthodox Christians, beloved in Christ! The grace-filled day of the resurrection of Christ has arrived, when our faith is strengthened, hope increases, and holy love shines forth. On this day, even the wicked…

The Life-Giving Fount – Friday of Bright Week

Beyond Constantinople, towards the locale of the Seven Towers, there was in old times an exceptionally huge and most lovely church named to pay tribute to the Theotokos; it had been worked about the center of the fifth hundred years…

Paschal Homily

Paschal Epistle of St. Philaret of New York, 1982

“It is the Day of Resurrection, let us be radiant O ye people; Pascha, the Lord’s Pascha: for from death to life, and earth to heaven, Christ God hath brought us, as we chant the hymn of victory.” Thus sings the…