Paschal Homily

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• Paschal Homily — The Paschal homily or sermon (also known in Greek as Hieratikon or as the Catechetical Homily) of St John Chrysostom is read aloud in every Orthodox church on the morning of Pascha (a.k.a Easter in the West), called the Great and Holy Pascha of… …   Wikipedia

• Paschal — is a variant spelling of the name Pascal (see: Pascal (name)). Two popes and two antipopes have taken this name:* Antipope Paschal (687) * Pope Paschal I (817 824) * Pope Paschal II (1099 1118) * Antipope Paschal III (1164 1168)Paschal is also… …   Wikipedia

• Paschal greeting — This article is about the greeting. For the troparion, see Paschal troparion. Patriarch of Moscow, Alexei II, giving the Paschal greeting to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The Paschal greeting is an Easter custom among Eastern Orthodox,… …   Wikipedia

• Paschal cycle — 16th century Russian Orthodox icon of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Paschal cycle in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches, is the cycle of the moveable feasts built around Pascha (Easter). The cycle consists of approximately ten… …   Wikipedia

• paschal letter — noun Usage: sometimes capitalized P : a letter sometimes having the character of a homily and written by patriarchs, archbishops, or bishops of the first six centuries to members of the clergy announcing the date of the next paschal or Easter… …   Useful english dictionary

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• Computus — (Latin for computation ) is the calculation of the date of Easter in the Christian calendar. The name has been used for this procedure since the early Middle Ages, as it was one of the most important computations of the age. In principle, the… …   Wikipedia