The Lord’s Pascha, as the feast of feasts, cannot be celebrated just one day a year or in just one way. We regard all of Bright Week as one unending day of the Resurrection, and even as we close the royal doors after liturgy on Bright Saturday, we do not take our leave of Pascha until the very eve of Ascension. We continue to dedicate Sundays throughout the year to the commemoration of Christ’s Rising. And, today, on Antipascha, “in place of Pascha,” we combine the commemoration of Thomas’s touching with the celebration of the Resurrection as if it were a “typical” great feast of the Lord. Truly, as I wrote on Pascha, Christ’s Resurrection transforms all of time, and though we were to celebrate it every day with a new and glorious service, we would never grasp it fully with our minds or exhaust the joy that it brings. After all, the joy of the Resurrection follows us not just throughout the year, but beyond all years, into eternity, where the saints celebrate Christ’s Pascha throughout the endless ages.
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