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It was another full house at our April Prophet Elias Seniors’ Luncheon yesterday. God bless and Xristos Anesti to everyone! Many thanks to our wonderful Philoptochos Ladies for all their hard work and dedication to keeping our Senior Community thriving! ❤️🙏🏼
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April 12 - Holy Pascha![]()
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On the Holy Feast of Pascha, Orthodox Christians celebrate the life-giving Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This is the most significant day in the life of the Church. It is a celebration of the defeat of death, as neither death itself nor the power of the grave could hold our Savior captive. In this victory that came through the Cross, and through faith offers us eternal life.![]()
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Jesus’ Resurrection is the fundamental truth of the Christian faith. It is the central message of the Church. It confirms the authenticity of Christ’s earthly life and vindicates the truth of His teaching through His life, the model of a holy life, His teachings; His works and His life-creating death. Christ’s Resurrection is the guarantee of our salvation. His Ascension brings to perfection God’s union with us for all eternity.![]()
The experience of and the belief in Christ’s Resurrection enabled the Apostles to evangelize the world and empowered the Church to overcome paganism. It proves the power and inscrutable wisdom of God. Christ, risen and glorified, releases humanity from the delusions of idolatry. It shines the Lord’s light, brings forgiveness, transfigures lifes, creates saints, and gives joy.![]()
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We do continue to die as a result of the Fall. Our bodies decay and fall away. “God allows death to exist but turns it against corruption and its cause, sin, and sets a boundary both to corruption and sin.” Therefore, physical death does not destroy our life of communion with God. Rather, we move from death to life - from this fallen world to God’s reign.![]()
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Χριστός Ανέστη/Christ Is Risen! May God’s light continue to burn brightly in your hearts ❤️🙏🏼![]()
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Χρόνια Πολλά to everyone celebrating today! ☦️🕯️
April 11, 2026 - Holy Saturday![]()
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On Saturday, the high priests and Pharisees gathered together before Pilate and asked him to have Jesus’ tomb sealed until the third day; because, as those enemies of God said, “We suspect that His disciples will come and steal His buried body by night, and then proclaim to the people that His resurrection is true, as that deceiver Himself foretold while He was yet alive; and then the last deception shall be worse than the first.” After they had said these things to Pilate and received his permission, they went and sealed the tomb, and assigned a watch for security, that is, guards from among the soldiers under the supervision of the high priests (Matt. 27:62-66). While commemorating the entombment of the holy Body of our Lord today, we also celebrate His dread descent with His soul, whereby He destroyed the gates and bars of Hades, and made His light to shine where only darkness had reigned (Job 3 8 : 17; Esaias 49:9; 1 Peter 3:18-20); death was put to death, Hades was stripped of all its captives, our first parents and all the righteous who died from the beginning of time ran to Him Whom they had awaited, and the holy angelic orders glorified God for the restoration of our fallen race.
April 10, 2026 - Holy Friday![]()
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When Friday dawned, Christ was sent bound from Caiaphas to Pontius Pilate, who was then Governor of Judea. Pilate interrogated Him in many ways, and once and again acknowledged that He was innocent, but to please the Jews, he later passed the sentence of death against Him. After scourging the Lord of all as though He were a runaway slave, he surrendered Him to be crucified.![]()
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Thus the Lord Jesus was handed over to the soldiers, stripped of His garments, clothed in a purple robe, crowned with a wreath of thorns, had a reed placed in His hand as though it were a sceptre, was bowed before in mockery, was spat upon, and was buffeted in the face and on the head. Then they again clothed Him in His own garments, and bearing the cross, He came to Golgotha, a place of condemnation, and there, about the third hour, He was crucified between two thieves. Although both blasphemed Him at the first, the thief at His right hand repented, and said: “Remember me, O Lord, when Thou comest in Thy Kingdom,” to which our Saviour answered, “Today shalt thou be with Me in Paradise.” As He hung upon the Cross, He was blasphemed by those who were passing by, was mocked by the high priests, and by the soldiers was given vinegar to drink mixed with gall. About the ninth hour, He cried out with a loud voice, saying, “It is finished.” And the Lamb of God “Which taketh away the sin of the world” (John 1:29) expired on the day when the moon was full, and at the hour when, according to the Law, was slain the Passover lamb, which was established as a type of Him in the time of Moses. ![]()
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