He is Risen Indeed!
Easter celebrations take many forms the world over, but the central core of Christian celebrations focus on the Risen Christ. Just as the Cross is the symbol of Good Friday, the empty tomb symbolizes the new hope of Christians throughout the ages of eternal life brought through the atoning sacrifice and redemption bought by the blood of Jesus Christ. Through the Resurrection on that first Easter morn, the bondage of sin and the chains of death were broken and cast aside for all time, for all believers.
The Orthodox Easter for 2012 will be celebrated on Sunday, April 15th.
BBC Site Link: Orthodox Easter 2012 photos - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-17723015
EASTER DAY CELEBRATIONS FROM THE BCP:
These Anthems shall be sung or said instead of Venite at Morning Prayer, and may be used at the Holy Communion except when the latter Service is combined with Morning Prayer.
CHRIST our passover is sacrificed for us: therefore let us keep the feast;
Not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness; / but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness; / but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
1 Corinthians 5. 7.
Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; / death hath no more dominion over him.
For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, / but alive unto God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, / but alive unto God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6. 9.
Christ is risen from the dead, / and become the first-fruits of them that slept.
For since by man came death, / by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
For as in Adam all die, / even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
For since by man came death, / by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
For as in Adam all die, / even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
1 Corinthians 15. 20.
GLORY be to the Father, and to the Son, / and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, / world without end. Amen.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, / world without end. Amen.
(BCP)
Collect for Easter and the Easter Octave.
O God, who makest us glad with the yearly remembrance of the resurrection from the dead of thy only Son Jesus Christ: Grant that we who celebrate this Paschal feats may die daily unto sin, and live with him evermore in the glory of his endless life; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
BCP (Book of Common Prayer) Site Link:
Easter Day Celebrations from around the world:
Pope Benedict XVI, St. Peter's Square, Vatican City.
Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams at Canterbury Cathedral.
Iraqi Christians in an Armenian Church, Baghdad.
Malawi Christians at worship.
Pakistani Christian girl, Peshawar.
Syrian Antiochan Orthodox believers in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Above photos' Site Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-17652049
More photos from around the world:
Faithful Christians in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City.
Bulgarian Catholics at worship.
Pakistani Christians, Lahore.
Belarus Catholics in procession.
Orthodox Christians in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem.
Christians in Manila, Philippines.
An Ethiopian Orthodox Christian woman at the chapel of the Deir Sultan monastery.
Catholic procession. Madrid, Spain.
Jerusalem: An Orthodox Christian clergyman carries a branch of an olive tree as he enters the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Jerusalem: Ethiopian Orthodox Christian children beat drums and sing at the Deir Sultan monastery.
Jammu, India: A Christian worshipper during prayers at St. Mary's Garrison church.
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