easter

Contrary to the myths that are haunting the internet, the word “Easter” has nothing to do with any ancient pagan goddesses, including the most popular claim that Easter is the English name for the ancient Assyrian goddess Ishtar. Notable experts in the field of Assyriology have completely...

I want to wish all my friends in Traditional Theology on the Julian, Revised Julian and Coptic calendars, such as @dzheremi, @prodromos , @HTacianas , @PsaltiChrysostom and many others, a blessed Palm Sunday, and to all my friends on the Gregorian calendar, including but by no means limited to...

Your treasure your pleasures, Indulgent enjoyment, You follow whoever, And praise the flamboyant. The colors and baskets, The eggs all a plenty, The project, you task it, The purpose is empty. The bunnies with ribbons, The trinkets on tables, By greed you’ve been bitten, You then tell your...

A fresh look at the ‘seventy weeks’ prophecy. Jesus of Nazareth is revealed as the Anointed One who finished transgression, made an end of sins, and reconciled us to God. I bought this message to our church in Easter 2019, and have only now got it on the Internet for 2023. We were doing a...

It seems that some Christian leaders are basically telling us to NOT die to our sins. Consider Cardinal Reinhard Marx out of Germany. If you do a news search using that name, you will see him in his priestly collar standing at the podium with a bright rainbow flag before his feet (I would...

As today is Great and Holy Friday on the Julian Calendar, I thought it meet and right to share this 1961 American documentary covering Antiochian Orthodox Holy Week Services, led by Metropolitan Anthony Bashir (Memory eternal, reposed in 1966) the predecessor of Metropolitan Philip Saliba...

Christ is risen! Today we celebrate Gregorian Easter, and in one week, Pascha for the Orthodox Christians* and some Byzantine Rite Catholics, notably the Ukrainian Greek Catholics and Russian Catholics. Please post photos or videos of your Paschal services if available. *(except for the...

I believe Easter is the most notability important day if human history. For approximately 1500 tears Israel practiced the coming resurrection. Jesus was resurrected on the 3rd day/1st day of the week/Sunday, the very day the Temple priests were required to lift-up & wave the First Fruits sheaf...

So I've been investigating the easter origins and I found a super through e-book that is pretty referenced. It seems that there is no question that Easter is pagan in its origins and established by Constantine. Here is the ebook for reference. Ishtar, asotore, estore all had a role to play...

Hi, I'm having a break from my favorite end-time subjects to share some gospel messages. Yeah, I know it’s not quite the right place but all my friends are here. So, I was hoping you might click the 'share' button and get the good news out to where it might reach souls. I’m from a small town...

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20 ideas for gifts and family fun.

It was Pascha of the first year after the Communist October Revolution. In front of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Lunaciarski was holding an atheist conference. This founder of the "bezbojnik" (without God) movement had declared openly a couple of months earlier that God should disappear...

Firstly, may all who celebrate the glorious mystery of our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ's defeat of death through His holy resurrection from the dead today be blessed in their celebrations. I know things are especially hard for you all, as they are for all of us in every place, but we will...

The pandemic with its numbers of new cases and rising death toll seems to dominate the news. I find it gives Easter a reality check. Essentially, the meaning of Easter is that there is no real life without death. And when I consider other core symbols of the Christian faith, I find the same...

some lyrics in the song are: “So near so close to mercy’s cross, your soul will not be lost if only you believe” “Upon that rugged tree” “ALL OF HEAVEN looks in wonder at the scene caaalvaryyyy. Three men dying there in agony...for all ... the world to see...”

Hi folks, I'm a Christian who lives and works (as a videographer) here in the UK. Back in Feb we shot/produced an inspiring spoken word Easter video for a mainstream UK church organization called Evangelical Alliance. Whilst the video turned out great (IMHO) the most rewarding aspect for me was...

Hi folks, I'm a Christian who lives and works (as a videographer) here in the UK. Back in Feb we shot/produced an inspiring spoken word Easter video for a mainstream UK church organization called Evangelical Alliance. Whilst the video turned out great (IMHO) the most rewarding aspect for me was...

Pacha, or Easter, this year will be profoundly different for many of us than most years. The 40 day fasting period, or lent, before Easter, has been a period when whole nations have had to give up their normal way of life. It hasn't been so much a question of voluntarily giving up a cherished...