The Orthodox church sanctifies time with daily, weekly, and annual cycles of celebrations that commemorate instances of God's redemptive action in human experience. At the center of the numerous events of the Orthodox church year stands the Easter celebration of the triumph of life over death and light over darkness.
The rhythm of Orthodox Christian worship and spirituality is governed by recognition of the relationship between time an eternity, of the presence of God with us (cf. John...
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