As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” Then the Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting….” (Acts 9:3-5) The conversion of Saul the persecutor into Paul the Apostle is one of the more dramatic and remarkable events in the book of Acts and in the early years of the Church. Certainly i

In the early fourth century, already almost three-hundred years removed from the historical events of our Lord’s dispensation, St Athanasius the Great made the startling claim that he could prove the Lord’s resurrection from the dead. We might assume that he followed up this bold assertion with an analysis of the Gospel accounts of the events surrounding the resurrection, laying out the evidence the way a historian might, finally to reach the conclusion that the Gospel accoun

"My Lord and my God!” (St. John 20:28) When the Apostle Thomas felt the wounds of the Lord Jesus, he cried out: "My Lord and my God!" When Mary Magdalene heard the voice of the resurrected One in her soul, she cried out: "My Lord and my God!" When Saul saw the light and heard the words of the resurrected One, he acknowledged: " My Lord and my God!" When the pagans, in amazement, observed how the countless numbers of martyrs joyfully undergo pains and asked them: "Who is this

Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life. (3x) (Tone 6) Having beheld the resurrection of Christ, let us worship the Holy Lord Jesus, the only sinless one. We venerate Thy Cross, O Christ, and we praise and glorify Thy holy resurrection. For Thou art our God, and we know no other than Thee. We call on Thy name. Come, all you faithful, let us venerate Christ’s holy resurrection. For behold through the Cross joy ha