Patristic Quote for the Day

In that dreadful place of night where He had tarried for three long days, He retained inviolate the splendor of His majesty and shone with the glory of His eternal nature. Light was not overcome by darkness, but darkness was overcome by Light. Let us therefore rejoice, dearly beloved, and be glad in the Lord; for today the Light of salvation is given to us by the Lord according to which the psalmist has written: the Lord is God, and has illumined us. - St. John Chrysostom, A Paschal Homily [Note: the Paschal Gospel in the Eastern rite is John 1:1-18]