The deepest foundation of hope and joy that characterizes Orthodoxy and permeates all of its worship is the resurrection. Easter, the center of Orthodox worship, is an explosion of joy, the same joy that the disciples felt when they saw the risen Savior. It is the explosion of cosmic joy for the triumph of life after the unbearable sorrow of death...
These "Easter stories" collected in this volume reflect the experienced joy of the Resurrection in various ways. Although George Kordis certainly chose them with visual criteria, these stories are, in terms of literary merits, top Easter stories of modern Greek literature.