If any be a devout lover of God, let him partake with gladness from this fair and radiant feast. If any be a faithful servant, let him enter rejoicing into the joy of his Lord...
This sermon is older than the empires that have risen and fallen since St John Chrysostom first preached it. We read it again tonight — and again next year, and the next — because nothing more needs to be said about Pascha than what he says.
Christ is Risen. Truly He is Risen.