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The Feast of the Glorious Resurrection

Parmoute 19, 1724

In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, One God, Amen.

"Father glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You. And now, Father, glorify Me in Your Presence with the glory I had with You before the world began" (John 17:1,5).

The reading recommended for the Glorious Feast of the Resurrection is, "Contemplations on the Resurrection", written by His Holiness Pope Shenouda III 117th Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and the See of St. Mark.

"Contemplations on the Resurrection" is the first book written by His Holiness on the subject of the Glorious Resurrection. The book outlines the events of the Glorious Resurrection in an expository study narrative. "Contemplations on the Resurrection" sets a precedence to the powerful, glorious and inspiring nature of the Lord Jesus Christ's Resurrection, confirms the Resurrection's authenticity, documents the uniqueness and incompatibility of the Lord Jesus Christ's glorious Resurrection, delineates the magnitude of the beneficial Resurrection blessings, and details its joyful defeat of human death.

His Holiness Pope Shenouda's book "Contemplations on the Resurrection" further explains how the Glorious Resurrection was an absolute necessity. And perhaps of primary importance is the fact that it explains Christ's unity with Divinity as the major awe-inspiring Glory. The Holy Bible says about the Glorious Resurrection, "Only after Jesus was glorified…" (John 12:16). The Lord Jesus Christ made Himself nothing in order that He, in His Glorious Resurrection, might bestow glory upon us.

As we commemorate His glorious Resurrection, may the Lord strengthen our faith and wipe away our doubts in it, so that He does not have to say to us "Do not hold onto Me".

Bishop Youssef
Bishop, Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States