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The Power and Witness of the Risen Christ

From ancient times until today and to the end of the ages, the power and witness and character of the Orthodox Church is the life in the Risen Christ, and the victorious encounter with Him in the course of all ca­lamities. And the joyous witness to the whole world, to every human being and every age, that there is a possibility of life.

We are not talking about something relative, nor do we live something that is limited. We are talking about Him who died and rose, and “death no longer has dominion over Him” (Rom 6:9). We are talking about the Church of the Risen Christ. About Him who is risen from the dead, and in rising has raised up the world with himself. About Him who came out of the tomb like a bridegroom from His chamber, and raised up with Himself the entire universe.

The Lord is unseen and truly with us to the end of the age. He is the One who is seated on high with the Father, and is here invisibly present with us.
- Elder Vasileios  
TODAY'S RECOMMENDATION
"Did you forget that Christ is Risen?"
(Metr. George Khodr)

Metropolitan Georges Khodr of Mount Lebanon has been a Shepherd of the Church for almost 50 years and a masterful theologian. He recently resigned as Metropolitan of Mount Lebanon at 94. In this video he recounts the time when his spiritual Father in Paris remembered him once again that Christ is Risen.

FROM THE NEWS
Paschal Message of Patriarch Kirill
of Moscow and All Russia

SAINT OF THE DAY
The Venerable Theodore Trichinas, hermit, near Constantinople (400)

Theodore was a citizen of Constantinople and the son of wealthy par- As a young man, he left his parents’ home and riches and entered an eremitic monastery in Thrace. Here he imposed upon himself a most rigorous life of asceticism. He slept on stones in order to sleepless. He traveled everywhere bareheaded and clothed himself in one garment made of goat’s hair, for which he was called “Trichinas”, “hairy” or “the Hair-shirt Wearer.” Because of his great ascetic labors for the sake of the salvation of his soul, God bestowed upon him the great gift of miracle-working, both during his lifetime and after death. He died peacefully in about the year 400. His body was seen to be flowing with myrrh.