More than 250 million Orthodox Christians worldwide will celebrate Pascha (Easter) this Sunday April 24. Faithful in great numbers, crowd churches for Holy Week services and in preparation for the Feast of Feasts, the Resurrection of Christ.Read the full release at the Archdiocese website.
"Pascha is a feast for our hearts, a celebration for our souls. Today, repentance is embraced with grace and forgiveness. Hope overcomes despair. Heavenly joy replaces grief. Divine and assuring peace reigns over our inner struggles. Our hearts are renewed with the strength to continue the journey of liberation from sin and evil," says Archbishop Demetrios, spiritual leader of 1.5 million Greek Orthodox Christians in America in his Paschal Encyclical.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Orthodox Christians to Observe Pascha (Easter) April 24
From the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America:
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