Christ is Risen! (An Orthodox Easter Story)

In the 1840s, Hans Christian-Andersen witnessed Easter/Pascha in Athens. His impression of the celebration and especially of the exclamation of "Christ is Risen" is inspiring to read! LINKS: Read the excerpt from Hans Christian Andersen's book: https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2013/05/what-hans-christian-andersen-said-about.html Our video on the Resurrection icon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOkL11HUqrg Our video on Lent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J00UJyit-d4 Our video on the Paschal season: https://youtu.be/jUn9dwGNOLM?si=ovzTD_9webPPslrV "12 things I wish I'd known before visiting an Orthodox Church" by Matushka Frederica Mathewes-Green: https://www.frederica.com/12-things/ What is the Liturgy by Fr Conan Gill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_UH3zTtbFk How to become Orthodox by @BibleIllustrated : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uREUBIeuDDk If you're far away from Orthodox Churches, the Fellowship of Saint Theophan, run by Fr Andrew Jarmus, holds regular online meetings: http://www.bdoca.org/fostr.html Fr Andrew has an excellent and understandable channel of Orthodox material here: https://www.youtube.com/@fr.ajarmus Intro to Orthodoxy by @JonathanPageau : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22U4hSf1xfo A site to help you find more about Orthodoxy and an Orthodox Church (mainly USA, but if you're in another country they can help too): https://www.orthodoxintro.org/ A list of English-language Orthodox Churches in Australia: https://orthodoxyinaustralia.com/churches-in-australia-using-english/ Please consider a monthly donation towards the continuation of this channel: https://ko-fi.com/patristix You can also help us by getting Patristix graphic designs on ALL SORTS of merch at our Redbubble shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/patristix/shop?asc=u Also follow us on social media for cool graphics, pictures and info: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Patristix Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/patristixgram/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/patristix