Holy Pascha - April 12, 2026

On April 12th, Father Aleksey celebrated the feast of Holy Pascha.

Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered.

Pascha! Today, a sacred Pascha is revealed to us,

a new and holy Pascha, a mystical Pascha,

a Pascha worthy of veneration,

a Pascha which is Christ the Redeemer,

a blameless Pascha, a great Pascha,

a Pascha of the faithful,

a Pascha which has opened for us

the gates of Paradise

a Pascha which sanctifies all the faithful.

Christ is risen!

Fr. Aleksey stands in front of the open Royal Doors, facing the congregation. He's wearing white vestments with red ornamentation and is holding the Royal Gifts in his right hand while reading from a paper in his left hand.

Fr. Aleksey stands in front of the open Royal Doors, facing the congregation. He's wearing white vestments with red ornamentation and is blessing the congregation using a censor in his right hand while holding a bouquet of candles in his left hand.

Three adults are holding large, three-branched candles while standing in front of the center table of the church. The table is located in the lower left corner of the frame, and there's a young boy holding a single, red candle in the lower right.

Fr. Aleksey is standing in front of the open Royal Doors, facing the congregation, while reading from a prayer sheet in his left hand. He's wearing white vestments with red ornamentation and is holding a bouquet of candles in his right hand.

View from the back of the church as a young altar boy leads a procession down the center aisle, towards the back of the church. He's holding a large, wooden cross, and is followed, at a slight distance, by a young man carrying a gold cross on a long pole. Fr Aleksey is following behind him. Members of the congregation are seated in the pews.

A view of part of the choir.

Four men who are part of the choir singing behind music stands.

View from the choir loft, looking down towards the center table and iconostasis. Fr. Aleksey is reading from a lecturn and has altar boys with candles on either side of him. There are three men on the near side of the table holding large, three-branched candles, and there are several other men and women around the center table reading from prayer books.

Photo from the open house at the rectory. A young man is standing in the left half of the frame with a young woman seated next to him in the right half.

A procession around the church. An altar server is holding a large, gold cross on a long pole as he walks past the entrance to the church. Other altar servers and parishioners are seen following behind him.

Fr. Aleksey and parishoners as part of a procession. They are currently walking past the entrance to the church.

Fr. Aleksey and parishoners in front of the church. Four altar servers are standing outside in front of the entrance of the church, with the closed doors behind them. Fr. Aleksey is blessing the congregation and church as he stands on the sidewalk, down three steps from the altar severs. He's holding the censor in his right hand and a bouquet of candles in his left. He and the altar servers are wearing white vestments.

Photo of the four altar servers standing outside, in front of the entrance to the church.

Three women standing in a pew towards the back of the church. The woman on the far right is looking at the camera and smiling. The other two are looking forward. Steps leading up to the choir loft, along with two stained glass windows appear in the background.

A photo of part of the iconostasis with Fr. Aleksey partially visible through the open Royal Doors, and a young altar boy visible through the open door on the right. Their backs are facing the camera.

A man is lighting this large, three-branched candles that are resting on a wooden table. He's wearing a dark suit and tie, with a white shirt.

Fr. Aleksey is facing left, holding the Royal Gifts, with his back facing the open Royal Doors. There's an altar server standing in front of him and facing him.

Fr. Aleksey is standing on the far side of a table near the front of the church, and he's blessing Pascha baskets on the table. The table is covered with a white table cloth.

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