Orthodox Icon of Pascha - 16th Century Cretan

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Christ is risen from the dead! Trampling down death by death! And upon those in the tombs, bestowing Life!
Thou didst descend into the tomb, O Immortal. Thou didst destroy the power of death. In victory didst Thou arise, O Christ God, proclaiming "Rejoice" to the myrrh-bearing women, granting peace to Thy Apostles, and bestowing resurrection on the fallen.

"This is the Chosen and Holy Day, the Feasts of Feasts," Easter or Pascha, the Passover of Our Lord Jesus Christ from death to life! This icon shows Christ standing over the broken gates of hell depicted as the lids of Adam & Eve's coffins. This late 16th century icon from Crete Old Testament rulers to our left and prophets and priests to our right. The lost still lie bound in Hades. Adam and Eve are being lifted up from their graves. The locks and chains of death are broken.

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