Orthodox Icon of Christ's Descent into Hades

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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 icon by Nick Papas portrays Daniel and other Old Testament Prophets to our right and St. John the Baptist, King David and King Josiah to the left. 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.

This icon is from Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. It is by the hand of Nick Papas of Greensburg, PA.

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