 Christ is risen!
Al-Maseeh qam!
Christos aneste!
Christos vos-kre-se!
Christos a in-vi-aht!
"Christ is risen from the dead,
trampling down death by death,
and upon those in the tombs bestowing life."
Christ defeated death by His own death. He showed us that we do not have to die into an eternal death but that we can have eternal life with Him.
He has broken down the gates of hell and lifted out the souls of those that have fallen (see icon). In the icon Christ is shown lifting out Adam and Eve, and then the others such as patriarchs, kings, saints and pious fathers, of the Old Testament.
If Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty" (1 Cor. 15:14).
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