For centuries during Eastertime Slavic Christians greet each other: “Christ is risen!” The return greeting confidently replies: “He is truly risen!” In Soviet days this served like secret – and powerful — Good News whispered between believers: beneath all the darkness, death and persecution going on around us, we KNOW there’s a deeper reality which brings us hope and courage: Christ is alive and well and walks with us on our journey! We’re never alone!


