“Easter celebrations are evidence of the increased benign influence of the Russian Orthodox Church and other traditional churches in our country on society.” CountryChurchInfluenceEvidenceTraditionalOur CountryOrthodoxCelebrationEasterBenignOrthodox Church Author:Vladimir Putin
“Christendom never came from an unbroken grave. It would have been buried in that grave, as Judas thought it was going to be, and as the Jews thought it was going to be, except there had been a resurrection from the dead. Then you can explain Christendom, churches, and literatures, if Christ rose again; but otherwise they cannot be explained at all. Our whole civilization rests on the broken Cross of the Master, and it is incredible that a civilization like this, in a world advancing steadily for eighteen centuries, has been founded on a lie.” IfsWorldHas BeensWholeLyingLiteratureChristChurchCenturyMastersBrokenCivilizationCrossesRoseIncrediblesJewGravesBuriedResurrectionEasterEighteenAdvancingUnbrokenJudasChristendom Author:Richard Salter Storrs
“I bet any Sunday could be made as popular at church as Easter is if you made 'em fashion shows too. The audience is so busy looking at each other that the preacher just as well recite Gunga Din.” IfsWellsMadeShowsChurchAudienceFashionBusyEmsSundayPreacherEasterFashion Show Book:Will Rogers Speaks: Over 1,000 Timeless Quotations for Public Speakers (writers, Politicians, Comedians, Browsers ...) Source: Will Rogers Speaks: Over 1,000 Timeless Quotations for Public Speakers (writers, Politicians, Comedians, Browsers ...)
“... it was religion that saved me. Our ugly church and parochial school provided me with my only aesthetic outlet, in the words ofthe Mass and the litanies and the old Latin hymns, in the Easter lilies around the altar, rosaries, ornamented prayer books, votive lamps, holy cards stamped in gold and decorated with flower wreaths and a saint's picture.” BookSchoolChurchPrayerChristianityFlowerHolyMassGoldSaintUglySavedCardsLatinAestheticEasterLampsOutletsAltarsLiliesHymnsRosaryWreaths Author:Mary McCarthy
“The primary metaphor for the Easter season is the church as the resurrected people living a resurrected spirituality. Because of Easter we are in union with Christ and are called to live in our baptismal identity in his resurrection. This essential theme of Easter cannot be communicated in a day. It takes a season.” PeopleSpiritualityChristChurchIdentityEssentialsSeasonsUnionsMetaphorPrimariesThemeResurrectionEasterEaster Season Author:Robert E. Webber