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 eruption of worldly joy for the triumph of life after the unbearable sorrow of death...

This lived joy of the Resurrection is reflected in various ways in the "Easter Stories" collected in this volume. These stories, although undoubtedly chosen by G. Kordis based on artistic criteria, are, from the perspective of literary virtues, among the finest Easter stories of modern Greek literature.