the saving way leading to eternal life. the midnight chant is a short divine service, which is usually performed around midnight. this is the first part of the current service, followed by the paschal morning and divine liturgy. during the midnight chant, the sea hymn is still heard; the deliverance of the israeli people from egyptian slavery is glorified; the redeeming

feat of the savior and the lord is glorified; it has already become a good tradition to conduct live broadcasts of services on the days of special church celebrations. now, thanks to the broadcast, the church has the opportunity to share the joy of the holiday with all of you dear ones. she supports everyone. who

is in a difficult situation. under the circumstances , he blesses those who do good deeds and help their neighbor, he hopes that the resurrected christ will illuminate your hearts with the light of his divine love, filling them with spiritual joy that does not come, my strength st. john chrysostom the holy father of the iv century. says the name of the church. there is a name for unity and harmony. they are a division and this unity comes from the fact that

that the church is spiritual. to unite all believers , regardless of their social status , education, nationality or political views. god is the father for all , moreover, being in the church, people are in prayer. we communicate with god and you have a special brotherly relationship with each other, we see the clergy about ours, leaving the altar of the guards of christ the savior, stopping near the shroud. this is an image of christ laid in the tomb by the archpriest. mikhail ryazantsev makes the key to the cathedral of christ the savior every day. god

this year, the russian orthodox church, along with other local orthodox churches, following the eastern paschalia principle of annual calculation for easter, celebrates on sunday of christ on the night of april 23-24, believers of other christian denominations celebrated easter on the week of ivanesh, april 17, since in the current eastern and western easter do not coincide. it sounds, irmoz the ninth beast, the canon, do not cry for me, mother, and

the seeing coffin. lord, at this time the clergy, taking the shroud, head to the altar, where it will be stay until the feast of the ascension of the lord for 40 days in memory of the fact that the lord, before his ascension, walked the earth for another 40 days, appearing to the disciples and revealing to them the secrets of the kingdom. god's way it is supposed to end. the royal water is

closed. glory to you, christ, god of our hope , glory to you. the entire festive easter service is permeated with light that shone from behind the life- giving sepulcher of the lord in the fog of the mysterious night in the holy city of jerusalem, the service itself helps us to be participants in those events that changed not only the entire future of world history, but also gave every person the opportunity to accept the resurrected christ as their god and savior, for goodness and philanthropy. have mercy, lord have mercy, and so the midnight hour ended.

the light in the cathedral of christ the savior is extinguished and now the procession will begin. the patriarch of the voltarius makes the altar walk, the place of the special presence of god , it is on the altar that the divine eucharist is performed in russian, the sacrament of thanksgiving. quivering last minutes of waiting for easter all froze in anticipation of the joy of the coming celebration. a little more and the paschal holy

light will illuminate everyone. today, the holy fire descended in the holy city of jerusalem. and the foundation of the holy all-praised apostle andrew the first-called annually performs a special mission to deliver this holy fire to moscow and other cities of our vast russia, and not only russia of other countries.

the clergy of the altar sing the resurrection of your christ saved, the angels sing in heaven and us on earth. the likeness of a pure heart is famous for you. three times the first time quietly with the closed who and the closed royal doors and the closed captain of death, such a veil is somewhat louder the second time. now we are hearing it from you. with the royal doors closed, but the veils open, this stichera will sound a third time with the royal doors open

, the clergy, dressed in bright white clothes with a cross with lamps and incense , come out of the altar and march in procession. now the transfer of the holy fire will take place chairman of the board of trustees of the foundation of st. andrew the first-called vladimir ivanovich yakunin delivered today together with the delegation. this blessed light. jerusalem fire by vladimir ivanovich

yakunin, who carries out this mission every year from this fire, we lit our candles and everyone who has a candle can receive this fire from the holy sepulcher. and now we begin our easter service. again and again this element sounds your resurrection christ saved the church earthly and heavenly unity glorifies the resurrected lord and savior the solemn festive chime of the bells of the cathedral of christ the savior begins

in front of the insipid procession, they carry a special lantern lamp, with a lit candle, it symbolizes the light of christ, which enlightens everyone , the participants of the procession go. at this time, from the bell towers, as from heaven, easter chimes are heard. he announces the onset of the

great minute of the luminous feast of the resurrection of christ, we see the patriarch, who holds in his left hand. three candlestick three candles symbolizing the holy trinity of the father, the son and the holy spirit and the cross the sign of the victory of christ over death, monastic priests lit with lanterns, are led by the solemn procession of the cross, patriarch of moscow and all russia kirill, which existed in the first

patronal city of moscow before the revolution, about the beginning of the easter 65-ton bell of the dormition, the moscow kremlin rings his powerful voice attention. those moscow churches and monasteries, and only when they heard it, they began to ring in all seriousness over moscow sounded amazing in beauty and strength bell symphony accompanying the procession religious processions following this tradition was so significant that the famous moscow metropolitan filaret drozdov, who was the ruling bishop for the first time in the capital city in the middle of the 19th century, became a special order against the sinful, that is, before the temporary ringing

on easter, this order was ordered to strictly follow the established order and not start call before ivan the great of the main kremlin bell tower. the procession on easter night is the procession of the church towards the resurrected to the savior, the procession takes place around the temple, with a continuous ringing to the singing of the stichera of your resurrection, christ saved the angels sing in heaven and us on earth likeness in a pure heart to you, glorify the church. as a spiritual bride goes, as they say in sacred hymns, her

feet hung at the meeting, that is, towards the coming of christ from the tomb as if, that is, as a bridegroom. the insipid procession also symbolizes the procession of the myrrh-bearing wives, as to the tomb of their teacher, in order, in accordance with the ancient jewish custom, to anoint the body of the deceased of the world is a special fragrant oil, a myrrh-bearer, literally the bearer of the world of incense. they, as we know, from the gospel story, were not afraid to go in the predawn children to the tomb cave, in order to pay the last tribute to their teacher. they did not yet know that the tomb was empty, that their divine mentor. resurrected from the dead, as

the gospel report testifies, sunday myrrh-bearers learn from the angel angel in greek means vesnik the church honors the memory of these fearless women on the second sunday after easter it is called the week, that is, the resurrection of the holy myrrh-bearing women. we can say that this annual orthodox women's day, which this year will be celebrated on may 8, reminds all christians of their high calling to follow the lord and glorify him to be

the light of the world and the salt of the earth. the old testament passover was established in memory of the exodus of the israelites from egypt, celebrating celebrating the deliverance of egypt from egyptian slavery. and ancient israel sacrificed a young lamb on easter night, the whole believing family at observing special ritual prescriptions, christians ate this sacrificial lamb, while christians celebrate easter. remembrance of their deliverance from slavery to the devil and the memory of the sin of remembrance of the redemption of the

human race by jesus, the immaculate christ, who took upon himself the sins of the world and innocently suffered for everyone. of us, undoubtedly , the celebration of christian easter dates back to the time of the holy apostles, their younger contemporary saint ignatius the god-bearer mentions in one of his epistles about easter as the greatest christian celebration completely outdated the time of the celebration of easter the first ecumenical council, held in 325 in the city of nikea, this territory of modern turkey, decided that everyone in the local churches should celebrate easter on the same day, the sunday after the full moon, which happens after

the vernal equinox. the time of the celebration of easter is calculated according to the lunar calendar, which does not coincide with the solar calendar, so easter falls on different dates, the earliest is april 4 and the latest may 8, there was no solemn movement of the procession, it only anticipates the upcoming easter joy. lord and more urgent than the life-giving and indivisible trinity, always now and forever and forever and ever. and so

begins the singing of the paschal morning morning jesus parting for the first time the paschal hymn christ is risen from the dead by death, amending death and living in the graves, that is, bestowing life. the belly of christ, a circular movement around the temple from the hands of this symbol of eternity , the participants in the procession stop in front of the

closed doors of the temples, as if at the tomb of the savior himself and grace together with the clergy proclaims verses from the prophetic psalm. king david may god rise again and scatter him into russia christ is risen.

faithful cheerful, or rather, god will create, the lord will be reborn and the proclamation of the church calls on all of us to rejoice and rejoice on this day. hallelujah to the holy spirit jesus christ

and here we see the patriarch opens the doors of the cathedral of christ the savior and, together with all the participants in the procession, enters the temple in order to continue the easter morning service here. the first paschal greetings of patriarch christos sounded resurrection indeed resurrection. the paschal

troparion sounds in latin and greek, the news of the resurrected savior by the grace of god and the efforts of the apostles quickly spread throughout the universe, and found ardent adherents among the inhabitants of the greek of the roman world, and all nations made with the heirs of the gospel promise the coming kingdom of the glory of god e, christ is risen temple according to tradition, the president of the russian federation vladimir vladimirovich putin visited christ the savior.

moscow mayor sergei semyonovich sobyanin is also here to the right of the altar. the saints of the churches of god and the union of all the lord , let us pray to those, except for those with faith with the reverence of the straps of god, entering the fire, let us pray to the lord

. our and every city country is incredible living in the world. lord and all. blessing of the excited fruits of the earth to the name day god the lord of the earthly suffering captives and his the rescue. lord, they pronounce all the great forgiveness. the patriarchal archive yakov father konstantin bargan took

russia the most holy, most pure, with the blessed glorious mistress of our gardener and fresh virgin mary with all the saints, minus each other's families and animals. let's commit to christ god. honor and worship to the father and son and the holy spirit now and ever and forever and ever. lord

, the most solemn part begins, the morning paschal canon, the patriarch walks the festive icon of the altar and all those praying, including paschal, which creates a unique joyful the feeling of a holiday is a special genre of church demography. each song in turn consists of ermas and troparia christ is

risen christ is risen truly risen with these words during the 40 days of the celebration of easter we will greet each other, following this ancient tradition, we testify that the love of the creator for his creation is immeasurable, it is stronger.