The 23 April is English National Day and Saint George’s Day.

“I see you stand like greyhounds in the traps, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot: follow your spirit, and upon this charge cry ‘God for Harry, England, and Saint George.’” From Henry V (before the Battle of Agincourt) by William Shakespeare.

​Happy Saint George's Day.

Saint George’s Day

David Harper is a presenter on BBC TV shows like Antiques Road Trip, Bargain Hunt, Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is and Flog It!

But the 58-year-old is now also a best-selling author with his book ‘The God Conundrum’ which explores his surprising year-long dive into the Bible – a book he long regarded as antique in all respects.

David’s research was prompted by his daughter Hetti’s dramatic conversion. She’d been written off by doctors and therapists, so David recognised the miraculous change for the better.

As David dug into the evidence for the Bible and the resurrection of Jesus, he found the truth was overwhelming.

David writes: “I’d never really looked at Christianity. I suppose I took it for granted because it was just always there. Maybe you could say it was hiding in plain sight …”
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Today is the Orthodox Easter Sunday. This is a traditional hymn that is sung in the Orthodox Church to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection and is sung for forty days after Easter.

Greek
Χριστὸς ἀνέστη ἐκ νεκρῶν
θανάτῳ θάνατον πατήσας
καὶ τοῖς ἐν τοῖς μνήμασι
ζωὴν χαρισάμενος.

Phonetic Greek
Christos anesti ek nekron
Thanato Thanaton patiras
Kai tis en tis mnimasi
Zoin charisamenos.
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English
Christ is risen from the dead,
and by His death
He has trampled down death.
and to those in the tomb he gave eternal life.

On 9 April the church remembers Dietrich Bonhoeffer. But who was he?
Dietrich Bonhoeffer