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The community of Resurrection Greek Orthodox Church in Brookville, New York welcomed His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America on the afternoon of Sunday, April 12 for the Vespers of Agape. Celebrating alongside His Eminence were Their Graces Bishop Athenagoras of Nazianzos, Bishop Nektarios of Diokleia, and Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos, as well as Proistamenos Fr. Panteleimon Papadopoulos.
On the Great and Holy Feast of Pascha, Orthodox Christians celebrate the life-giving Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This feast of feasts is the most significant day in the life of the Church. It is a celebration of the defeat of death, as neither death itself nor the power of the grave could hold our Savior captive. In this victory that came through the Cross, Christ broke the bondage of sin, and through faith offers us restoration, transformation, and eternal life.
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