The Church’s Wedding Night

church, Pascha, poetry

Pascha night chandelier 2012Pascha procession 2 2010 PW
O night clearer than the day!
O night more luminous than the sun!
O night whiter than the snow!
giving more light than our torches,
sweeter than Paradise!
O night that knows no darkness;
driving away our sleep,
you make us keep watch with the angels.
O night, the terror of demons,
Paschal night, awaited for a year!
The Church’s wedding night
which gives life to the newly baptized
and renders harmless the torpidity of the demon.
Night in which the Heir
brings the heirs into eternity.

–Asterius of Amasea,
Homily 19 on Psalm 5, early 5th century

Pascha night TR 2012

 

(From Christ is in our Midst.)

5 thoughts on “The Church’s Wedding Night”

  5. Beautiful! I just discovered that my niece belongs to an Orthodox church! It’s not an option in my backwoods area, but I love to peek in on your services. 🙂

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