Contents:
1. Words
Bishop Aleksandr (Mileant). The Resurrection of Christ — victory over death.
An Easter proclamation by St. John Chrysostom, read during the Paschal vigil.
A sermon on the Resurrection of Christ by the Metropolitan of Kyiv Platon (Gorodetsky).
A teaching on Holy Easter by the Reverend Abba Dorotheus.
The Word 42 by St. Symeon the New Theologian.
2. Poetry
I. Bunin. Entry into Jerusalem.
V. Nabokov. The Secret Supper.
B. Pasternak. Gethsemane Garden.
I. Annensky. Palm Week.
K.R. (K. Romanov). In Holy Week.
A. Akhmatova. The Crucifixion.
O. Mandelstam. Inexorable Words.
V. Nabokov. Mother.
M. Tsvetaeva. “They lay out my bowers…”.
A. Apukhtin. Golgotha.
A. Akhmatova. “In every branch, the crucified Christ…”.
K. Balmont. “Beauty is one in the world…”.
A. Fet. Day of the redeeming miracle.
S. Gorodetsky. At the grave.
I. Bunin. Christ is risen!
Y. Polonsky. Easter news.
V. Ivanov. The road to Emmaus.
S. Yesenin. Easter good tidings.
A. Maikov. Christ is risen!
A. Khomyakov. The Kremlin Paschal vigil.
F. Tyutchev. Day of Orthodox East.
K. Balmont. Willows.
K. Balmont. Good tidings.
A. Akhmatova. “I grant everyone forgiveness…”.
3. Prose and poetry
L. Andreev. Bargamot and Garaska.
A. Chekhov. A Kazak.
A. Kuprin. Easter bells.
K.R. (K. Romanov). Praise to the Risen!
A. Chekhov. The Student.
L. Andreev. Beautiful is life for those risen.
V. Nabokov. Easter rain.
I. Severyanin. Easter in Petersburg.
A. Chekhov. In Holy Week.
I. Shmelev. Easter.
S. Cherny. A Paschal Visit.
M. Kuzmin. Easter.
A. Sevastyanov. Enemies.
K. Stselevsky. The Heiress.
E. Poselyanin. A mysterious night.
V. Kyukhelbeker. “Let my soul rejoice and sing…”.
L. Andreev. A little gift.
A. Kuprin. Inna.
A. Kuprin. Moscow Easter.
K. Fofanov. “To the tune of Paschal prayers…”.
N. Yakubovsky. An incident on a bright holiday.
G. Ivanov. Once at Easter.
A. Kuprin. Paschal eggs.
K. Lukashevich. My dear past.
L. Charskaya. “Earth and sun…”.