Christ Is Risen!

Xristos Anesti! Christ is Risen! God bless you all!

 

The following is a Greek Easter hymn with its translation:

Χριστός ανέστη εκ νεκρών, θανάτω θάνατον πατήσας, και τοις εν τοις μνήμασι ζωήν χαρισάμενος.

  

Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and to those in the tombs, granting life.

 

The hymn reminds us of this passage:

Matthew 27:50-54

Then Jesus cried again with a loud voice and breathed his last. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, and the rocks were split. The tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised. After his resurrection they came out of the tombs and entered the holy city and appeared to many. Now when the centurion and those with him, who were keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were terrified and said, “Truly this man was God’s Son!”

  

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