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The '''[[Paschal Homily]]''' of St. [[John Chrysostom]] is read at the end of [[Orthros]] (Matins) at [[Pascha]], the feast of the [[Resurrection]] of [[Jesus Christ]], universally throughout the [[Orthodox Church]]. It was composed sometime during his ministry in the late 4th or early 5th century.
"If anyone is devout and a lover of God, let him enjoy this beautiful and radiant festival...He has mercy upon the last and cares for the first; to the one he gives, and to the other he is gracious. He both honors the work and praises the intention...He descended into hades and took hades captive!...:For Christ, being raised from the dead, has become the First-fruits of them that slept..."
