Easter

Orthodox EasterThe Christian community celebrates Orthodox Easter noisily. According to the New Testament, Jesus Christ rose on the third day after the death of the cross. This event marks the victory of the Lord over sin and death and the beginning of the existence of a new world, redeemed by the sufferings of the Savior.

At the dawn of the day following the Sabbath, Mary Magdalene and other myrrh-bearing wives came to the cave where the body of Jesus Christ was buried on Good Friday. A heavy stone that closed the entrance to the cave was dumped. “And they entered found not the body of the Lord Jesus,” says Luke.

Two men in garments of brilliance appeared before them and said to them, Why do you seek the living among the dead? He's not here: He has risen.

And when the myrrh-bearing wives were returning from the Holy Sepulchre to announce what they had seen to other followers of Christ, Jesus met them on the road and said, Rejoice! (Matthew's Gospel).

In all Orthodox churches, festive Easter services are held on the night from Saturday to Sunday. At midnight, a procession is made: under the ringing of bells, the clergy and parishioners with lit candles, praising the Lord, leave the temple, as if to meet the Savior. After going around the temple, they stop before closed doors, as before entering the cave of the Holy Sepulcher.