Greece Celebrates Resurrection of Christ: Christos Anesti!

Greece Celebrates Resurrection of Christ: Christos Anesti!

The moment of singing ‘Christos Anesti’ at midnight on Saturday to Sunday. Credit: Georgios Liakopoulos,  Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 /Wikipedia Greece celebrated the Resurrection of Christ at midnight on Holy Saturday at local churches throughout the country. Across the country, faithful gathered to mark the most sacred day on the Orthodox Christian calendar — Easter Sunday, or Pascha — commemorating the Resurrection of Jesus C…

Christos Anesti!! Christ is Risen!!

By John Kass April 20, 2025 How it began: When mankind became civilized, we stopped following wild herds for meat and wearing animal skins for warmth. We planted wheat. We had wool from sheep for our garments. And the process of civilization, that miraculous journey from beast to man, continued. This happened in the fertile crescent of Mesopotamia—from two Greek words meaning, literally “land between two rivers,” the Tigris and Euphrates–some 10…

Resurrection Sunday 2025: Christos Anesti - He is Risen!

This Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday, the sermons were titled “The Best Love, The Worst Crime” and “The Best Victory, The Worst Defeat“. We all …