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RETURN TO GOD: ARMENIAN CHURCH CELEBRATES EASTER FEAST
Panorama.am
07/04/2012
The Feast of the Glorious Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ is
called Easter Feast or Zatik, which means separation, removal of
sins and return to God. It is one of the five major feasts of the
Armenian Church.
The website of Araratian Patriarchal Diocese of Armenian Apostolic
Church says the Mystery of Easter is the mystery of Jesus Christ, His
Salutary Holy Blood shed for mankind and His Rising from the dead for
mankind. The Son of God should incarnate, be subjected to tortures,
be crucified, buried and the third day raise from death.
Following the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ His body was taken
off the cross and placed into the tomb and the entrance to the tomb
was closed by a large stone and the soldiers were ordered to control
the entrance to the tomb. After three days the three women, who had
followed Jesus from Galilee, Mary Magdalene, Mary, the Mother of James
and Joseph, and the wife of Zebedee brought spices and perfumes to
anoint the body of Jesus. They found the stone rolled away from the
entrance to the tomb, so they went in but they didn't the body of
the Lord.
They stood there puzzled about this, when suddenly two angels dressed
in white appeared and said to them, "Why are you looking among the
dead for one who is alive? He is not here, ha has been raised". The
women returned from the tomb and told all these things to the eleven
disciples and the rest.
Resurrection of Christ became the basis of the Christian doctrine and
faith. Christ died for the salvation of mankind and by His Blood took
away the sin in the world, so that we should inherit eternal life.
On the day of the Easter feast people dye eggs red as a symbol of
fruitful life, salvation and joy. St. Gregory of Datev considers the
egg to be the symbol of the world, the shell of which is the sky, the
membrane is the air, the white is the water and the yolk is the earth.
Dyeing eggs red symbolizes the salvation of the world by means of
Blood of Christ.
The Armenian Church celebrates the Easter Feast on the first
Sunday following the full moon of the vernal equinox, with 35 days
moveability, during the period from March 21 -April 26.
On Sunday, the day of the feast, a morning service is conducted
the Andastan Service is performed wherein the four corners of the
world are blessed, afterwards the Divine Liturgy is celebrated. That
day the faithful welcome each other on the occasion of the Glorious
Resurrection of Christ conveying the great tiding: "Christ is Risen
from the dead" and receive the answer: "Blessed is the Resurrection
of Christ."
From: Baghdasarian
Panorama.am
07/04/2012
The Feast of the Glorious Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ is
called Easter Feast or Zatik, which means separation, removal of
sins and return to God. It is one of the five major feasts of the
Armenian Church.
The website of Araratian Patriarchal Diocese of Armenian Apostolic
Church says the Mystery of Easter is the mystery of Jesus Christ, His
Salutary Holy Blood shed for mankind and His Rising from the dead for
mankind. The Son of God should incarnate, be subjected to tortures,
be crucified, buried and the third day raise from death.
Following the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ His body was taken
off the cross and placed into the tomb and the entrance to the tomb
was closed by a large stone and the soldiers were ordered to control
the entrance to the tomb. After three days the three women, who had
followed Jesus from Galilee, Mary Magdalene, Mary, the Mother of James
and Joseph, and the wife of Zebedee brought spices and perfumes to
anoint the body of Jesus. They found the stone rolled away from the
entrance to the tomb, so they went in but they didn't the body of
the Lord.
They stood there puzzled about this, when suddenly two angels dressed
in white appeared and said to them, "Why are you looking among the
dead for one who is alive? He is not here, ha has been raised". The
women returned from the tomb and told all these things to the eleven
disciples and the rest.
Resurrection of Christ became the basis of the Christian doctrine and
faith. Christ died for the salvation of mankind and by His Blood took
away the sin in the world, so that we should inherit eternal life.
On the day of the Easter feast people dye eggs red as a symbol of
fruitful life, salvation and joy. St. Gregory of Datev considers the
egg to be the symbol of the world, the shell of which is the sky, the
membrane is the air, the white is the water and the yolk is the earth.
Dyeing eggs red symbolizes the salvation of the world by means of
Blood of Christ.
The Armenian Church celebrates the Easter Feast on the first
Sunday following the full moon of the vernal equinox, with 35 days
moveability, during the period from March 21 -April 26.
On Sunday, the day of the feast, a morning service is conducted
the Andastan Service is performed wherein the four corners of the
world are blessed, afterwards the Divine Liturgy is celebrated. That
day the faithful welcome each other on the occasion of the Glorious
Resurrection of Christ conveying the great tiding: "Christ is Risen
from the dead" and receive the answer: "Blessed is the Resurrection
of Christ."
From: Baghdasarian