Usually on Thursdays I re-post an old entry for “Throwback Thursday”. However instead this week I am going to post an article of something that is a Throwback to my old life. I grew up in the Greek Orthodox Church and I get a lot of questions when I mention this so today I will be posting an article about “Orthodox Easter”.
Without further ado here is the article…
https://www.christianity.com/wiki/holidays/orthodox-easter-origin-and-date.html
Hello everyone,
First I just want to say I hope everyone had a nice Easter. If you’re Orthodox well, I hope you have a nice Easter this Sunday and Christos Anesti!
I am tired today, here in Maryland the weather has felt like August, June and April the past week. Well today the weather was like January with a lot of rain. I am wiped out and have writer’s block.
I ended up googling, “Easter Monday” assuming it was just a day that many like my wife have off for travel or rest purposes but I found this on Got Questions….
“Easter Monday, also known as Bright Monday, Renewal Monday, Wet Monday, and Dyngus Day, is the Monday immediately after Easter Sunday. It is observed by many Christian groups, but primarily by the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic traditions. It marks the beginning of Easter Week (Roman Catholic) / Bright Week (Eastern Orthodox).
Different cultures observe Easter Monday very differently. For some, Easter Monday is a solemn remembrance of Christ’s death and resurrection marked by an outdoor procession. For others, there are Easter egg-rolling competitions. For still others, siblings and/or spouses wake each other up by pouring buckets of water on each other (hence the name “Wet Monday”). And others celebrate with a large gathering and a polka festival (Dingus Day).
Some of these observances have more Christian symbolism in them than others, but none of them are explicitly biblical. The Bible does not say anything about what happened on Easter Monday, the day after Jesus’ resurrection. The Bible does not instruct followers of Jesus Christ to observe Easter Monday, so there is no obligation to celebrate it. As with many holidays, there is nothing wrong with observing some cultural traditions, but it is important to not allow traditions to detract from the message of the gospel. “
I had no idea of this and found the information interesting. I figure I would pass it on. Consider it an extra Easter Egg or Treat.
Hope you all have a good and blessed week,
Chris
Scripture Reading
Monday – Acts 5:27-32
Tuesday – Psalm 150
Wednesday – Revelation 1:4-8
Thursday – John 20:19-31
https://www.gotquestions.org/Easter-Monday.html
It’s Holy Week. As with tradition I am simply going to post the story of Easter from the Bible…
1 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it.
3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.
4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.
5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.
6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.
7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.”
8 So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples.
9 Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him.
10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”
11 While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened.
12 When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money,
13 telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.’
14 If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”
15 So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day.
16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go.
17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.
18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
He is Risen!
Have a Happy Easter,
Chris
The Entire Easter Story
https://www.biblestudytools.com/bible-stories/the-easter-bible-story.html
Daily Scripture Reading:
Monday – Acts 10:34-43
Tuesday – Psalm 118
Wednesday – 1 Corinthians 15:19-26
Thursday – John 20:1-18
Throwback Thursday Post from 2019 featuring the Sermon on the Mount.
It is so important to know the love of God.
It’s easy to get angry with others who mock God or take the Bible out of context in order to portray God and religion as evil.
But really it’s sad.
Some of these people will never know the love of God.
Even sadder some people go church their whole lives and don’t know His love.
They will behave in a way that is the opposite of God’s teachings. Judging others, turning away from the poor, acting bitterly and angry at those around them, closing the doors to their hearts and sometimes to the churches, in order to keep certain people out.
Because of this non-believers may reject God because what they see in us as a church.
We need to be the bridge to God, not the barrier blocking the bridge.
Remember a church is God’s house, not any person…
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This Sunday is Palm Sunday.
Let’s get ready by looking at Jesus’ triumphant entrance from scripture.
John 12:12-19
Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King
12 The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. 13 They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna! ” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! ” Blessed is the king of Israel!” 14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written: 15 “Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion; see, your king is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt.” 16 At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him. 17 Now the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word. 18 Many people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign, went out to meet him. 19 So the Pharisees said to one another, “See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!”
More Good Things…
Here is an awesome link to an article about Palm Sunday from Bible Study Tools
https://www.biblestudytools.com/topical-verses/palm-sunday-bible-verses/
This is a video of a compilation of movies depicting Jesus’ Entrance:
Daily Scripture Readings:
Monday – Isaiah 50:4-9a
Tuesday – Psalm 31:9-16
Wednesday – Philippians 2:5-11
Thursday – Luke 19:28-40
Have a Blessed Week,
Chris
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