And even the promise of a future resurrection, however comforting, does not diminish its anguish.
It will deny you, and that will be the end of it,” says the hero of a known novel by Turgenev. If there is one thing most people fear and dread, it is death. Both feasts share a common Troparion: “By raising Lazarus from the dead before Your passion, You confirmed the universal resurrection, O Christ God.” In the Bible, these two events are only days apart and symbolise our solid faith in the resurrection of the dead.
As an overture to the Passion Week comes the Resurrection of Lazarus, followed by Palm Sunday. In the final days of Lent, we prepare to commemorate the passion and resurrection of our Lord.
A handpainted icon of the Resurrection of Lazarus created in our Convent*