When Is Pascha Over?
 
Pascha and the festive nature of the day is truly the greatest day of our church calendar.  However we tend to forget the Pascal Season is a forty-day festival.  This is why at the beginning and end of each and every service or sacrament we sing, “Christ is Risen”.
 
Prior to the great […]

Before I explain how we calculate the date for Pascha, first let me once again remind everyone the theologically correct name of the feast. For the Orthodox, “Pascha” is the word used to describe the resurrection of our Lord. The word derives from the Hebrew word used for Passover. As described in the Old Testament, […]