Catholic Word of the Day: JESUS CHRIST THE CONQUEROR, 04-18-15

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JESUS CHRIST THE CONQUEROR

 

Ancient title of Christ signifying his victory over sin, death, and the evil spirit. It appears in the familiar monogram IC XC NIKA, where I and C are the first and last letters of the Greek word Ihcuc (Jesus); X and C are the first and last letters of Xrictoc (Christ); and nika is the Greek word for "conquers."

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Ancient title of Christ signifying his victory over sin, death, and the evil spirit.

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There's a really pretty icon on this page, with a small article. The article was Christ the Conqueror of Death; the icon, Christ the Liberator. It made me cry... Fr. Ted's Blog

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Jesus Christ the Conqueror of Death

Jesus Christ the Conqueror of Death

Posted on June 6, 2008 by Fr. Ted

In 2001, my sons John and Seth and I visited Europe and while there went to Dachau. There is a small Russian Orthodox Chapel near the crematorium. John took this photo of the chapel which had a unique icon on the wall (high place) behind the altar. It shows Christ the Liberator leading the imprisoned victims of the concentration camp out of their hell, just like He is often portrayed in Resurrection Icons where He is harrowing hell. Christ destroys death in His Kingdom where death and darkness are no more. The gates of hell cannot prevail against Christ.

Dachau was liberated a few days after Orthodox Pascha and the surviving Orthodox celebrated a liturgy which gave a most profound meaning to the words of the hymn, “for from death to life and from earth to heaven has Christ our God led us.”   The freed prisoners made makeshift vestments from prison garments.  It is said that they sang the Paschal hymns from memory.   It is amazing that they could remember anything at all from the days before they were thrown into hell. 

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Thanks for posting! Blessed Titus Brandsma, a Dutch Carmelite Friar died in Dachau. His story is one of great courage and refusal to hate.

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I visited Auschwitz and Birkenau on a pilgrimage, but have never been to Dachau.