Enjoy this last installment of "The Ancient Church." The take-home point of this series is this simple fact: People do not go to church to hear a lecture, but their real, inner and spiritual longing in going to church is to be sanctified. I am not sure who said this, nor in which installment it was in, but it resonates with me. Only upon attending a vigil and a liturgy did I behold the work of sanctification that the Church's services contain, because they are the true vessels of Christ, and none other.

Christ is risen! Christos Voskrese! Christos Anesti!