Christians, always rejoice, for evil, death, sin, the devil and hell have been conquered by Christ. But when all of this is conquered, is there anyone in the world who… can bring our joy to naught? You are the lord of this eternal rejoicing as long as you do not give in to sin. Joy burns in our hearts from His truth, love, resurrection, and from the Church and His saints. Joy burns in our hearts all because of sufferings for Him, mockings for Him, and death for Him, insofar as these sufferings write our names in heaven. There is no true joy on earth without the victory over death, but the victory over death does not exist without the Resurrection, and the Resurrection does not exist without Christ. The risen God-Man Christ, the founder of the Church, constantly pours out this joy into the hearts of His followers through the Holy Mysteries and good deeds. Our faith is fulfilled in this eternal joy, insofar as the joy of faith in Christ is the only true joy for human nature.
Based on St. Justin Popovich
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Yes, truly is risen!
And we know that He is Risen not only because “the tradition” told us so but also because we witnessed many other experiences like the one in the long, long (but nice) post you linked.
Perhaps in the near future I’ll post some things related to the life after death, and more generally, about the stages of the human existence.
Orthodox
Thank you very much for thinking to post about “life after death” and “stages of the human existence”. It will be very interesting and will help people to not be afraid from the “death”, because the life continues, but will help people to figure out how should live this life to earn the eternal salvation.
Orthodox
Thank you very much for this spiritual gift.
Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!
I would like to mention here a very good article:
“Unbelievable For Many, But Actually a True Occurrence”.
It is very interesting for everyone to show how is the life after death. You can find this article to read at:
http://orthodoxinfo.com/death/unbelievable.aspx
God bless you all!
Ioan Toma
Yes, truly is risen!
And we know that He is Risen not only because “the tradition” told us so but also because we witnessed many other experiences like the one in the long, long (but nice) post you linked.
Perhaps in the near future I’ll post some things related to the life after death, and more generally, about the stages of the human existence.
Orthodox
Thank you very much for thinking to post about “life after death” and “stages of the human existence”. It will be very interesting and will help people to not be afraid from the “death”, because the life continues, but will help people to figure out how should live this life to earn the eternal salvation.
Ioan Toma
Yep. Fear of death. One of the biggest problems for the ones far from the light of Christ.