{"id":2488,"date":"2021-04-06T07:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T11:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=2488"},"modified":"2021-04-06T09:47:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T13:47:13","slug":"243-the-most-joyful-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=2488","title":{"rendered":"243- The Most Joyful Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/18614894\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/stats-code\/Season21-14\/\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now continues the most joyful time in the Easter season! This is the start of the 50 Day Feast! Though for the Orthodox communities, the celebration of \u2018Pascha\u2019 (pause) is still 4 weeks away. But in the West, things are in high festivities. I\u2019ve heard a bishop once say this is the <em>season of the Resurrection<\/em> and is a wonderful time to celebrate one\u2019s trust in God\u2019s pure love for each one of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/atlgoc.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Photo of Icon mentioned in this weeks podcast- Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation; Atlanta, GA- atlgoc.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_2848-e1586860121306.jpg\" alt=\"30 foot mosaic of the Ascension with the Virgin Mary, the Disciples and Angels...\" data-id=\"452\" data-link=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?attachment_id=452\" class=\"wp-image-452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_2848-e1586860121306.jpg 275w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_2848-e1586860121306-138x300.jpg 138w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 85vw, 275px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">30 foot mosaic of the Ascension with the Virgin Mary, the Disciples and Angels. Annunciation Cathedral Atlanta-ATLGOC.ORG<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_2850-e1523359849568.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of the Virgin Mary with the two Angels behind her in the mosaic mentioned.\" data-id=\"451\" data-link=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?attachment_id=451\" class=\"wp-image-451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_2850-e1523359849568.jpg 480w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_2850-e1523359849568-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 85vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Close up of the Virgin Mary with the two Angels behind her in the mosaic mentioned. ATLGOC.ORG<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crosswalk.com\/family\/parenting\/kids\/bring-christian-history-alive-through-easter-egg-traditions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/14408-easter-eggs-cross-wide.1200w.tn_.jpg\" alt=\"Hand colored Easter eggs one with a cross imprinted on it\" class=\"wp-image-2497\" width=\"958\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/14408-easter-eggs-cross-wide.1200w.tn_.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/14408-easter-eggs-cross-wide.1200w.tn_-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/14408-easter-eggs-cross-wide.1200w.tn_-768x401.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crosswalk.com\/family\/parenting\/kids\/bring-christian-history-alive-through-easter-egg-traditions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Bringing Christian History Alive Through Easter Egg Traditions<\/strong>&#8211; Crosswalk.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Articles About the Great 50 Day Feast of Easter:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stpetersfireside.org\/2019\/04\/the-50-days-of-joy-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Doing Easter Right- 50 Days of Joy<\/strong>&#8211; Alastair Sterne; stpetersfireside.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pastorbrianchilton.wordpress.com\/2014\/04\/18\/top-5-embarrassing-details-concerning-the-first-easter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Embarrassing Details Concerning the First Easter<\/strong>&#8211; Pastor Brian Chilton quotes Craig Evans<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mqhr.org\/news\/fifty-days-of-easter\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>50 Days of Easter- <\/strong>Mary, Queen of the Holy Rosary, mqhr.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umc.org\/en\/content\/ask-the-umc-why-is-the-easter-season-50-days-long\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Why is the Easter Season 50 Days Long<\/strong>&#8211;  United Methodist Church, umc.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The Free App mentioned in the podcast:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/forecast\" target=\"_blank\">Forecast<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> podcast MP3 encoder with chapters- https:\/\/overcast.fm\/forecast<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I value feedback through the comments section here<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OR- Better via email at <a href=\"mailto:NikosSteves@gmail.com\">NikosSteves@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The origin of these podcasts began with my book <em>The Constant Procession.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constant Procession (the podcast) is published here every Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/The-Podcast-Academy-Member-Card-lemon.png\" alt=\"The Podcast Academy Member Logo\" class=\"wp-image-2191\" width=\"444\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/The-Podcast-Academy-Member-Card-lemon.png 360w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/The-Podcast-Academy-Member-Card-lemon-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/The-Podcast-Academy-Member-Card-lemon-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 85vw, 444px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now continues the most joyful time in the Easter season! This is the start of the 50 Day Feast! Though for the Orthodox communities, the celebration of \u2018Pascha\u2019 (pause) is still 4 weeks away. But in the West, things are in high festivities. I\u2019ve heard a bishop once say this is the season of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=2488\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;243- The Most Joyful Time&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}