{"id":100,"date":"2015-04-26T01:18:19","date_gmt":"2015-04-26T01:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=100"},"modified":"2015-04-26T01:53:44","modified_gmt":"2015-04-26T01:53:44","slug":"april-26-2015-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=100","title":{"rendered":"April 26, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orthodox Daily Devotional<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Kontakion
\n<\/span><\/strong>You did command the myrrh-bearers to rejoice, O Christ!\u00a0 By Your Resurrection, You did stop the lamentation of Eve, O God!\u00a0 You did command Your apostles to preach: The Savior is Risen!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Scripture Reading
\n<\/strong><\/span>MARK 15: 43\u00a0<\/sup>Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming and taking courage, went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. <\/span> 44\u00a0<\/sup>Pilate marveled that He was already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him if He had been dead for some time. <\/span> 45\u00a0<\/sup>So when he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. <\/span> 46\u00a0<\/sup>Then he bought fine linen, took Him down, and wrapped Him in the linen. And he laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. <\/span> 47\u00a0<\/sup>And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother<\/i> of Joses observed where He was laid.<\/span> Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother<\/i> of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him. 2\u00a0<\/sup>Very early in the morning, on the first day<\/i> of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen. <\/span> 3\u00a0<\/sup>And they said among themselves, \u201cWho will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?\u201d <\/span> 4\u00a0<\/sup>But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away\u2014for it was very large. <\/span> 5\u00a0<\/sup>And entering the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a long white robe sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed. <\/span><\/span>6\u00a0<\/sup>But he said to them, \u201cDo not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him. <\/span> 7\u00a0<\/sup>But go, tell His disciples\u2014and Peter\u2014that He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him, as He said to you.\u201d <\/span>8\u00a0<\/sup>So they went out quickly[a<\/a>]<\/sup> and fled from the tomb, for they trembled and were amazed. And they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.<\/span><\/p>\n

Orthodox\u00a0Wisdom
\n<\/strong><\/span>“We know that the Lord and Giver of Life is not in the tomb but on the Throne of Glory in the heavens. The spirit not darkened by sin looks up into heaven and does not see the tomb; while the spirit darkened by sin looks into the tomb and does not see heaven.”<\/span>
(St. Nikolai Velimirovich)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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New Calendar\u00a0Saints<\/a> &\u00a0 Lectionary Scriptures<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Old Calendar Saints & Lectionary Scriptures<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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