Pascha (Easter) An Every Day Spiritual and Material Struggle
What is "Pascha" to Orthodox Catholic Christians, is "Easter" to the Western Part of the Church and became "Easter" for most of the Western Civilization (both Orthodox and otherwise).
Lenten Season begins 50 days prior to the celebration of Jesus Christ's Resurrection which, for Orthodox, is called "Resurrection Day". Most People say "Happy Easter". For Orthodox Catholic Christians it usually is "Happy Resurrection Day" although because of the lack of understanding by many in the western part of the world, "Happy Easter" has become the acceptable norm.
We shall begin with a series of articles and information relating to "Resurrection Day" celebrations concerning the Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ and hope you will respond to them with your thoughts (pro or con), ask questions or provide your own thinking on them. One of the ways in which this can be accomplished is for you to click on the E-mail icon and place in the subject line "Pascha" for the Q & A or for other thoughts.
We present the following words and their definitions so as to provide you with an understanding of the flavor of our spiritual and material struggle for the faith given by our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
What follows afterward, are a variety of Lenten and Pascha (Easter) links and information.
Lent. (Gr. Sarakosti) The fifty-days fast preceding Easter for the spiritual preparation of the faithful to observe the feast of the Resurrection. Besides Lent, the Orthodox Church has assigned a number of other fasting periods. Check with your local Orthodox Catholic Christian Church (Russian, Greek, Syro-Chaldean, Syriac Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, American Orthodox for the book on abstinence observances).
Easter. (Gr. Pascha or Lambri). The feast day of the resurrection of Christ, known also as "the Feast of Feasts." It is the greatest Orthodox festival, celebrated the Sunday following the first full moon after the Spring equinox. It is a movable feast and the dates of the other movable feasts of the Orthodox Church are calculated from it.
Last Supper (Gr. Mystikos Deipnos; Sl. Taynya Vercherya). The Last meal of Christ with His disciples in the 'Upper Room' before his arrest. With this supper he instituted the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist.
Leavened Bread. (Gr. artos). Bread made with yeast (enzymes); and used far altar bread for the Orthodox Eucharist (as opposed to the unleavened bread used by the Latin Church). Leavened bread is also acceptable for the purpose in the more liberal Protestant churches.
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The following are representative of the more difficult sayings of Jesus Christ. This is an examination of some of those sayings as a means to provide you, the viewer, simplicity of coming to grips with those sayings in a way whereby the Pascha season can aide you in your reflections concerning your faith and self examination. In light of what follows may we suggest that you read what our spiritual father, Metropolitan Archbishop +Joseph Thaddeus' Lenten letter has to say and then continue with reading the following:
2008 Pascha Calendar Observances
One of the most difficult things a Christian has is understanding the hard sayings of Jesus Christ. The following gives thought for possibly one way of understanding:
The Sin Against The Holy Ghost
(Holy Spirit)
If You Do Not Forgive Your
Brother
Turning The Other Cheek
Who
Is Greater Than John the Baptist?
Eating the Flesh and Drinking the Blood of the Son of Man
The Seven Words of Jesus Christ On the Cross
The Orthodox Way of understanding Pascha in a brief format:
Mystagogy of the Holy Spirit
The Life of Jesus Christ Our Savior
The Last
Events of ChristHistorical
Acts of Jesus Christ that Changed the World!
Who are the Modern Day Pharisees and Sadducees who abuse the Life and Teachings
of Jesus Christ?
NEW
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FORMATON OF The Religion of the Future
The Way of Spiritual Transformation
Overcoming Social Ills affecting Clergy and Faithful Today
Christian
Love
Where today is it?
A
Monastic Struggler's Story for Lent
Other Information of Importance
Dogmatic Tradition of the
Orthodox Church
Conversation between Abba Macarios
and an
Angel of the
Lord
Contemporary signs of the End Times
5
Phases of an Adolescent's Slide into Satanism
St. Mark of Ephesus and the False Union of Florence
- Part III of His Life
LACK OF FAITH VS. GOD'S PROVIDENCE
Proof of
Biblical Story - Parting of the Red Sea True
Brief History of ROCOR's Anathema of 1983 against ecumenism
Ten Questions about St. Thomas Sunday
Begin with Yourself - Then the World!
Love and its Misuse and Misinterpretation
The Sins and Virtues of Sex and Youth!
Premarital Life and its Trials
Parenthood It's Nature and Destiny
Can
Blasphemy be Forgiven - A Roman Jurisdiction of the Catholic Church's
understanding
The Knowledge of Christ on Judgment Day
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