{"id":525,"date":"2007-04-07T22:45:56","date_gmt":"2007-04-07T22:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2007\/04\/easter-sunday.html"},"modified":"2007-04-07T22:45:56","modified_gmt":"2007-04-07T22:45:56","slug":"easter-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2007\/04\/easter-sunday.html","title":{"rendered":"Easter Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Resurrection of our Lord and Savior!!! Christ Is Risen!\n<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"186\" hspace=\"8\" height=\"252\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saintbarbara.org\/images\/holyweek\/PassionWeekPage115.jpg\" \/><em>About the Icon<\/em>: <strong>The Resurrection of our Lord<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Christ<\/em><br \/>\n&#8211; the central figure; He is robed in white to denote His Divinity. In<br \/>\nsome icons you will see the aureole (elongated halo) encompasses Him,<br \/>\nthis also symbolizes this brilliant Light; at His feet are the brass<br \/>\ngates of Hades which He has demol-ished. Also visible are the keys and<br \/>\nbroken locks to these gates at His feet.<\/p>\n<p><em>Adam our Forefather<\/em><br \/>\n&#8211; being pulled from his tomb by Christ; he is portrayed as an old man<br \/>\nwith white hair and beard; the hymns of the Church speak of Adam being<br \/>\n&quot;recalled&quot; to his primordial innocence by the Incarnation.<\/p>\n<p><em>Eve our Forbearer<\/em><br \/>\n&#8211; being raised from her tomb immediately behind the figure of Adam; she<br \/>\nis portrayed as an old woman; the hymns of our Church speak of Eve<br \/>\nbeing &quot;set free&quot; from her sin in Eden by the Incarnation.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Righteous of the Old Testament<\/em><br \/>\n&#8211; the group of figures on the ex-treme left represents those righteous<br \/>\nindividuals who lived and died before the Incarnation; the two figures<br \/>\nare the Holy Kings, Saint David the Psalmist and his son, Saint Solomon<br \/>\nthe Wise.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Righteous of the New Testament<\/em> &#8211; the<br \/>\ngroup of figures on the ex-treme right represents those righteous<br \/>\nindividuals who died after the Incar-nation but before Christ&#8217;s death<br \/>\nand resurrection. Saint John the Baptist and Forerunner is inf ront of<br \/>\nthis group.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Scriptural References<\/strong><br \/>\nEpistle: Acts 1: 1-8<br \/>\nGospel: John 1: 1 &#8211; 17<\/p>\n<p><strong>From The Theology of the Church<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nChurch teaches that while the body of Christ rested in the tomb on the<br \/>\nSabbath (the day after the Crucifixion), His soul descended into Hades.<br \/>\nPrior to the Incarnation the gates of paradise were closed to mankind.<br \/>\nTherefore, Hades, not to be confused with Hell, was the place where the<br \/>\nsouls of all went upon death. It was neither a place of reward nor a<br \/>\nplace of punishment. It had been likened to Death&#8217;s &quot;prison&quot; where the<br \/>\nsouls of both the just and the sinners were confined. Since Christ<br \/>\nactually died upon the Cross, Death claimed His soul for Hades.<br \/>\nHowever, Hades re-ceived more than it expected &#8230; it received the<br \/>\nGiver of Life, who destroyed the power of Hades. This icon of the<br \/>\nResurrection portrays this concept and we have New Life and a Hope to live in this world!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Resurrection of our Lord and Savior!!! Christ Is Risen! About the Icon: The Resurrection of our Lord Christ &#8211; the central figure; He is robed in white to denote His Divinity. 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