Leader "...if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation has been in vain, and your faith has been in vain…If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died.

For since death came through one man, the resurrection of the dead has also come through one man; for as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ." (from 1 Cor. 15)

 

Leader: "Now that we have seen the resurrection of Christ, let us adore the Lord Jesus, the only sinless one. We bow in worship before your cross, and we praise and glorify your resurrection, for you are our God, and we have no other, and we magnify your name. All you faithful, come: let us adore the holy resurrection of Christ, for behold, through the cross, joy

has come to the world! Let us always bless the Lord, let us sing his

resurrection, for by enduring for us the pain of the cross, he has crushed death by his death!"   (Easter Sunday Orthodox liturgy)

 

All: Amen. Thanks be to God!