Orthodox Churchgoers Celebrate Pascha In Person At Last
It’s dark inside the church, as dark as it gets by midnight in May in Western Alaska. Parishioners wait in silence for the service to begin. The shine of the golden icons lining the church walls is barely perceptible in the navy light. Tonight is Pascha, or Orthodox Easter. For Orthodox Christians, it commemorates Jesus Christ resurrecting from the tomb, three days after he was crucified, died, and was buried. For Christians, it’s this resurrection that proves Jesus is the son of God, and the savior of humanity. Services last all week. Father Michael Trefon lights the candles ...
Source: kyuk.org