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... Everything we want and everything we are must find its basis in Pascha/Easter or it will find no basis at all (utimately).

We are told in Scripture that the "Lamb was slain from the foundation of the earth" (Rev. 13:8). . . . an event that is both the foundation and the meaning of all creation.

Pascha/Easter, in its eternal consideration, is simply older than all creation (Rev. 13:8). It underlines the fact that "God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten son…" The Son was given before ever Adam and Eve drew their first breath.

Thus when we encounter Pascha/Easter in our own day and age, it is not simply a piece of ancient Church ceremony. We stand as witnesses to the foundation of the earth. Time does not exist for us in Pascha/Easter, or rather, time begins in Pascha/Easter.

http://fatherstephen.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/relative-to-pascha/