Christ Is Risen: The Passion and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ

By Maria Athanasiou

Christ Is Risen relives the essence of the passion and resurrection of Jesus Christ through a series of iconographic illustrations and inspiring text based on the Scriptures. Soul-nourishing and truly remarkable, Christ is Risen unravels to a reading experience that both adults and children will treasure. To read this book is to embark on a fascinating spiritual emprise into one of the most essential events in Christianity. Appropriate for Christian education.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Feb 3, 2012
• ISBN: 9781477165263

Maria Athanasiou

Maria Athanasiou, choir singer, artist, and author, was born in Greece and graduated from Veloudakis Fashion Institute in Athens. She lived in New York and worked as a dressmaker. She was blessed with the idea to make children’s books with her icon paintings and phrases from the Holy Bible, which tells the story of Jesus. Maria is now devoted to create keepsake Christian picture books. She was blessed with three wonderful children and their beautiful spouses and ten adorable grandchildren. She is a member of Saint John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, Blue Point, New York. Maria says, “I am so happy to contribute my God-given talents to help others learn. The books I write are ‘show and tell,’ an easy way to teach and help a child learn. This is what I was looking for my grandchildren, and now I wish to offer it to other children as well for His glory.” www.artplusinspiration.com www.mariabooks.com

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To all the children of God

Acknowledgments

Special thanks to the following for the blessings and their theological guidance:

Rev. Fr. Sarantis Loulakis of Saint Markella Greek Orthodox Church,

Wantagh, New York

Rev. Fr. Nicholas Soteropoulos of Saint Petros the Apostle Greek Orthodox Church, Bronx, New York

Special thanks for her artistic advice: My talented daughter, Elizabeth Soteropoulos

The Orthodox Study Bible

The English Gospel text used is from ‘The Holy and Sacred Gospel’, and the English text of the Acts of the Apostles and Epistles is used from ‘The Apostolos’, both by Holy Cross Press, Brookline, MA. The English Old Testament text is taken from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible.

The Revised Standard Version of the Bible is copyrighted 1946, 1952, 1971, and 1973 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. and used by permission.

Copyright © 2012 by Maria Athanasiou. 568762

ISBN: Softcover 978-1-4691-4254-8

Hardcover 978-1-4691-4255-5

EBook 978-1-477-1652-63

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

Rev. date: 03/26/2019

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Contents

The Face of Jesus Christ

Jesus Is