[Magdalen] Alleluia, Christ is Risen!

[Kate Conant]

Our priest today reminded us that the word Easter has pagan springtime
etymology and that we should speak of Holy and Great Pascha (next Sunday)
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Tonight my friend Anna and I were at the Bridegroom Service:

*«Ιδού, ο Νυμφίος έρχεται εν τω μέσω της νυκτός, και μακάριος ο δούλος, ον
ευρήσει γρηγορούντα. Ανάξιος δε πάλιν ον ευρήσει ραθυμούντα. Βλέπε ουν,
ψυχή μου, μη τω ύπνω κατενεχθείς, ίνα μη τω θανάτω παραδοθείς και της
βασιλείας έξω κλεισθείς. Αλλά ανάνηψον κράζουσα· Άγιος, Άγιος, Άγιος ει ο
Θεός ημών, διά της Θεοτόκου ελέησον ημάς»*.

Behold, the Bridegroom comes in the middle of the night, and blessed is the
servant He shall find vigilant; but unworthy is he whom he shall find
neglectful. Beware therefore, O my soul, lest you be weighed down by sleep,
lest you be given over to death and be closed out from the kingdom; but
rise up crying out: "Holy! Holy! Holy are You our God; through the
intercessions of the Theotokos, have mercy on us."
We'll try to attend most if not all of the remaining 13 services this Holy
and Great Week.  We are also going for confession tomorrow evening after
the Nymphios service.

Kate

"What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
humbly with your God?"
Micah 6:8

On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 2:14 PM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Well, I went to our Resurrection Service at around 10:30 last night. Just
> after we got outside to proclaim the resurrection, the Lutherans next door
> were coming out with candles, drums and other percussion that sounded like
> a Jamaican festival, eventually they began to sing and we were singing and
> it was a beautiful complementary unwittingly joint celebration of the
> Resurrection. We do ours twice and the larger congregation was this morning
> while I was still in bed.  Then our Orthodox friends and some Byzantine
> Catholics who follow the Easter date strictly according to Nicaea will have
> Pascha next week.
>
> Joe
>
> On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Lutherans, at least in New Market, VA, don't do Vigil. They do a sunrise
> > service. I don't. I did, however, do the Festival Service at 11 am, and
> it
> > was glorious. For a small church, we rock it pretty hard! Brass quartet
> and
> > all. Lots of good music, although the Gospel Procession hymn. "This
> > Glorious Eastertide", fell flatter than a wet matzoh...I think I was one
> of
> > about 3 people outside of the choir that knew it and sang; everyone else
> > looked perplexed, and the others that sang were also displaced
> > Episcopalians. We got to sing "Thine's All the Glory" and one of the
> > communion hymns was my favorite, "Good Christian Friends, Rejoice and
> > Sing." The Lutherans haven't managed to change the words to "Jesus Christ
> > is Risen Today", mirabile dictu! And this was the anthem, amazingly well
> > done by our little choir of a dozen (plus the aforementioned brass). I
> love
> > the words.
> >
> >
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TygzRjinL8&list=PLnB1NmU6oXR3GArJuYQND6Yl3ewxaxvlp
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > And also with you.
> > >
> > > We also went to the Vigil last night. It was very beautifully done.
> > >
> > > Eleanor
> > >
> > > On Sunday, April 5, 2015, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Wishing you all a blessed Easter
> > > > Susan
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Before enlightenment pay bills, do laundry.  After enlightenment pay
> > > bills,
> > > > do laundry.
> > > >
> > >
> >
>