Category: Pascha
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“The Overflow of Light and Religious Discourse”
Every year, on the blessed Great Sabbath, light overflows from the holy tomb (the tomb of the Giver of Life). This event raises many questions, especially when the discourse turns to the notion that the resurrection is realized at the overflow of the light. Consequently two problems arise for us: the first is the emptying…
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The Holy Light and Populist Faith
Every year on the great and blessed Holy Saturday a flood of light emerges from the Holy Sepulcher (the tomb of the Lord Christ), and this event raises many questions, especially when the talk turns to saying that the Resurrection is realized at the flood of light. Consequently two problems arise for us: the first…
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Determining the Date of Pascha Is Not a Matter of Doctrine
Lazarus Abboud. The First Ecumenical Council completely separated the Christian Pascha from the Jewish Passover and freed us from following their calendar, and Rome and Alexandria followed the custom of Pascha. Thus the First Ecumenical Council proclaimed the following: “We announce to you the good news concerning the agreement about the holy Pascha: that this…
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Boasting in Ignorance
Lazarus Abboud. Many of us Orthodox take pride that the light springs forth in the Holy Sepulchre at the hands of the Patriarch of Jerusalem and no one else, and that there have been several attempts throughout history that failed to bring forth the light. Some therefore regard this event as an occasion to boast…