“John Chrysostom - Easter Sermon (Paschal Homily)”

A fine statement of faith in Christ's resurrection, often heard at Easter (Pascha) in Orthodox Churches

 

Amazon Kindle Reading Device Click on picture for more details. For UK click here. -------------- Relevant books available at Amazon STUDIES J.N.D. Kelly The Story of John Chrysostom ----------- Hagit Amirav Rhetoric and Tradition: John Chrysostom on Noah and the Flood (Traditio Exegetica Graeca, 12) ----------- Chrysostomus Baur John Chrysostom and His Time: Volume 1: Antioch ----------- Chrysostomus Baur John Chrysostom and His Time, Vol. 2: Constantinople ----------- Duane A. Garrett An Analysis of the Hermeneutics of John Chrysostom's Commentary on Isaiah 1-8 With an English Translation (Studies in the Bible and Early Christianity) ----------- Blake Goodall Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Letters of St.Paul to Titus and Philemon (University of California publications : Classical studies ; v. 20) ----------- Peter Gorday Principles of Patristic Exegesis: Romans 9-11 in Origen, John Chrysostom, and Augustine (Studies in the Bible and Early Christianity) ----------- Aideen M. Hartney John Chrysostom and the Transformation of the City ----------- Robert Allen Krupp Shepherding the Flock of God: The Pastoral Theology of John Chrysostom (American University Studies. Series VII. Theology and Religion) ----------- Mel Lawrenz The Christology of John Chrysostom ----------- Blake Leyerle Theatrical Shows and Ascetic Lives: John Chrysostom's Attack on Spiritual Marriage ----------- Jaclyn LaRae Maxwell Christianization and Communication in Late Antiquity: John Chrysostom and his Congregation in Antioch ----------- Margaret Mary Mitchell Heavenly Trumpet: John Chrysostom and the Art of Pauline Interpretation ----------- Robert Louis Wilken John Chrysostom and the Jews: Rhetoric and Reality in the Late 4th Century ----------- TRANSLATIONS Gus George Christo On Repentance and Almsgiving (The Fathers of the Church) ----------- Thomas Aquinas Goggin Commentary on Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist: Homilies 48-88 (The Fathers of the Church, 41) ----------- Robert C. Hill Eight Sermons on the Book of Genesis ----------- David G. Hunter A Comparison Between a King and a Monk/Against the Opponents of the Monastic Life (Studies in the Bible and Early Christianity, Vol 13) ----------- M.C.W. Laistner Christianity and pagan culture in the later Roman Empire: Together with an English translation of Johan Chrysostom's Address on vainglory and the right ... bring up their children (Cornell paperbacks) ----------- Wendy Mayer John Chrysostom (The Early Church Fathers) ----------- Mayer and Bronwen The Cult of the Saints (St. Vladimir's Seminary Press Popular Patristics) ----------- Graham Neville Six Books on the Priesthood (St. Vladimir's Seminary Press Popular Patristics Series) ----------- ? Catherine P. Roth On Wealth and Poverty ----------- ? David Anderson On Marriage and Family Life ----------- Margaret A Schatkin John Chrysostom as apologist: With special reference to De incomprehensibili, Quod nemo laeditur, Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt, and Adversus oppugnatores vitae monasticae (Analecta VlatadoÌ?n) ----------- Sally Shore On Virginity Against Remarriage (Studies in Women and Religion, V. 9) -----------

Devout and God-loving people, enjoy this kind and bright festival. Wise people, come and share joy with your Lord. You who have laboured in fasting, receive your deserved reward. You who have laboured from the first hour, come to the festival now! You who came at the third hour, rejoice! You who lingered until the sixth hour, celebrate! You who came at the ninth hour, do not be sad! You who managed to come only at the eleventh hour, do not be dismayed by your lateness. No-one will be deprived of heavenly joy. For our Lord is generous. He welcomes those who come last in the same way as those who come first. He is grateful to the first and rejoices in the last. He consoles those who came at the last hour, as if they had laboured from the first hour. He gives to everyone: those who laboured and those who wanted to labour. He receives the service and kisses the intention. He values the deed and praises the desire. All of you enter into the joy of the Lord: First and last, receive the reward! Wealthy and poor, rejoice with one another! Diligent and lazy, celebrate the festival! Those who have fasted and those who have not, be glad together. The feast is abundant, eat your fill! All of you enjoy the wealthy banquet of the faith and mercy of God. Let no-one go away hungry or offended. Let no-one be sad about their poverty, for the kingdom is now here for everyone. Let no-one weep over their sins, for forgiveness for all has burst with light from the grave. Let no-one be afraid of death, for the death of Jesus has freed us all. Embraced by death, He subdued death. Having descended into hell, He took hell captive. He embittered it when it tasted of his flesh. Isaiah prophesied: “Hell was troubled, having met You in the underworld!” Hell was in mourning, for it was abolished! Hell was distressed, for it was condemned! Hell was impoverished, for it was deposed! Hell was destroyed, for it was bound! It took on a body, and touched God. It took on the earth, and met heaven. It took what it saw, and fell to where it did not expect! Death! Where is your sting? Hell! Where is your victory? Christ is risen, and you are brought down. Christ is risen, and the demons have fallen. Christ is risen, and the angels rejoice. Christ is risen, and life triumphs. Christ is risen, and there are no dead in the grave. Christ has risen from the dead, become the firstborn of those who sleep and set into motion the resurrection of all. To Him be glory now and forever. Amen!

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Easter Sermon
Paschal Homily
original Greek text
Christus Victor
Hell embittered
Pasch
John Chrysostom in Greek with English Translation
Migne Greek Text
Patrologiae Graecae Cursus Completus
Patrologia Graeca

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