Pascha: The Resurrection (2017)
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Pascha: The Resurrection (2017)

Fr. Ted Bobosh

Despite the Good News and tragically many still choose death. Orthodoxy sees death as an evil – separation from God. Christ tramples down death by His own death and shows us the way to remain united to the Source of Life even through suffering and death.

“Death Has Lost Its Power and Authority”
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“Death Has Lost Its Power and Authority”

A Paschal Interview with Met. Onuphry

Metropolitan Onuphry (Berezovsky)

How were simple fishermen able to spread the news of the Resurrected Christ throughout the whole world? Why do we not bury the dead on Pascha? Do we have to fast before Communion during Bright Week? His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry speaks on these and other issues in this interview.

“The Spirit of Russia is Christ”
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“The Spirit of Russia is Christ”

A pre-death interview with Hieromonk Vasily (Roslyakov)

Hieromonk Vasily (Roslyakov)

“The spirit of Russia is Christ. He tells us, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Inasmuch as spirituality cannot be outside of Christ, for Russia it is expressed in one word: Christ. He is everything.”

St. Cuthbert’s Eccentric Heir
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St. Cuthbert’s Eccentric Heir

In the words of parishioners I met there, he now continues to live in their hearts. In his words: “I love you but God loves you more.” I had the rare blessing to meet this priest a number of times back in Greece, in my hometown Thessaloniki, on his way to Mount Athos. The last time we met, shortly before he reposed, his face was so radiant, transparent and otherwordly, words cannot describe.

Five Rules of Paschal Joy
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Five Rules of Paschal Joy

Irina Sechina

According to what rules does Paschal joy abide in the soul, and what should we do if this joy leaves us?