Christ is risen! Truly he is risen!

Easter is the central religious feast in the Christian liturgical year. Christians celebrate this resurrection on Easter Day or Easter Sunday. The Paschal Vigil begins with the Midnight Office, which is the last service of the Lenten Triodion and is timed so that it ends a little before midnight on Holy Saturday night. At the stroke of midnight the Paschal celebration itself begins, consisting of Paschal Matins, Paschal Hours, and Paschal Divine Liturgy. Sunday evening, we gather at the church for the vespers where we can hear the following gospel at many languages:
"When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
And when he had said this, he showed unto them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad, when they saw the Lord. Jesus therefore said to them again, Peace be unto you: as the Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Spirit: whose soever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven unto them; whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe." (John 20,19-25)
It is read in many languages because Christ is resurrected to save all humans wherever they live.
fr:Le Christ est ressuscité- il est vraiment ressuscité!
el:Χριστός Ανέστη! Αληθώς Ανέστη!
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