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Today the Orthodox Christians throughout the world are
remembering Christ’s death on our behalf. Five weeks have passed since the Western world
has marked Good Friday as the somber reminder of the price that was required for
the actions we have committed, which we often dismiss, excuse or trivialize. Of course, for most, it was just a day to
stock-up on chocolate and candy and an occasion to celebrate Easter Bunny and
the coming of spring.
A five week is a long
time. It feels like there is an unbridgeable
chasm between the two dates that commemorate the same event. But the event, the sinless Son of God hanging
on the Cross, unites us beyond our differences in cultures, values, priorities
and lifestyles. Our timing may be
different, the way we mark the day may be different. But regardless of the nationality, regardless
of the worldview and the mindset, we all have a common bond.
The sin.
The consequences.
Death.
The grief and the mourning.
And the one hope… that will
arise from the grave on Easter Morning.
For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall, by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace, and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity. Ephesians 2:14-16
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