Christ is Risen from the Dead | Paschal Troparion | Retro LP Cover Design | Orthodox Christian Hoodie / Hooded SweatshirtDeath was swallowed up in victory At Thy resurrection from the dead, O Christ. Hence, glorying in Thy passion, And always celebrating it, we rejoice. With jubilation let us cry out: The Lord is risen! Once the host of lawless people handed over Life to the tomb, God to death, And the One Who despoiled Hades to Hades; With the result that a mortal made mortals immortal, And One Who was dead, at a word, raised up the dead. They placed guards at the tomb

he purgeth it

I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you

run to the church and start to pray

" The word life encompasses 'natural life' ("For in Him we live

- 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

It is overcome with immense fear at that moment

who will deliver me from this body of death

” He went a little farther and fell on His face

Chrysostom was rather a maximalist

for the coming Christ shall be sudden as a dreadful flash of lightning

(Revelation 12:1) It’s clear the author of this icon had these verses in mind

you shall never again fear evil