Wouldn't it be nice to celebrate Christmas throughout the entire year? Well, the Orthodox Church actually does celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ throughout the year because every Sunday is a celebration of the Resurrection. On the Sunday after Christmas, Fr. Matthew Howell compares the Nativity of Christ to the Resurrection, pointing out parallels, types, and fulfillments between the two feasts. Because the two feasts are so closely connected in the life of Jesus, Fr. Matthew explains how the Church actually does celebrate Christmas throughout the entire year and allows us to enter into both feasts simultaneously in every Divine Liturgy. He is assisted in this homily by his 8-year-old daughter, Lydia, who holds an icon of the resurrection next to an icon of the Nativity of Christ for the duration of the homily.
