Orthodox Pascha

This past Sunday the Orthodox church celebrated Pascha, the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.  This is often called the feast of feasts because behind it is the reason we are Christians, the belief in Christ rising from the dead and in the end he will raise us up with himself.  At the beginning of lent we begin with Adam and Eve being cast from paradise and with Pascha we end with Adam and Eve being brought out of Hades and into Paradise again.  It is a journey we take each year as orthodox Christians the world over.

For more information on the feast of Pascha (known in the west as Easter) check out the following:

www.troparia.com/pascha.htm

www.feastoffeasts.org/

Some examples of Orthodox Pascha services from aorund the world:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHfM0QwdgGw (Paschal Hymn in English)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yG-etMaAp8 (Serbian)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlhYBL1d97M (Ethiopian)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRvn9HLevU (Romanian Orthodox Pascha)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnbMMRA6ycA (Romanian Byzantine Pascha Hymn)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BICJ49ZL4XA ("Christ is Risen" in Slavonic, Greek & Japanese by the singers of the Holy Resurrection Cathedral in Toyko)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olJ0KUYpNmw (It is the day of Resurrection & The Angel Cried - Valaam Brethren Choir)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YirUDKzk7U8 (Christ is Risen Ancient Greek Byzantine Melody)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzLnk92nhjI (The Angel Cried in old Church Slavonic)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBdSNc1sCKk (Christ is Risen in Greek)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s5kZdktK14 (Coptic Church "Christ is Risen")

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7tKexc4wSM (Divna Ljubojevic singing "Christ is Risen" in Greek)