Trampling Down Death by Death No. 2 | Orthodox Christian Hoodie / Hooded SweatshirtRejoice, O ye heavens! Sound the trumpets O ye foundations of the earth! O ye mountains thunder forth your joy! for behold, Emmanuel hath nailed our sins to the Cross, and the giver of life, hath slain death raising up Adam, as He alone is the Lover of mankind. Resurrection Great Vespers , Tone 1, Lord I Have Cried

Let the heavens rejoice

+ St Athanasius the Great

and from Jesus Christ

Is it a game to begin our ascent to the Judge

Augustine of Hippo

is by the ordinance of God

rising like a flame to heaven

Christ is prophetically referred to as the “sun of righteousness” in scripture (Malachi 4:2) and in the hymnography of the Orthodox Church

and the latter rain in the first month

and it is not remarkable for those in exile to be offended and in­sulted

take your ease

“With men this is impossible