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Christmas joy meets martyrdom's cost on St. Stephen's Day. Why does the Church place violent death right after Christ's birth? Because the incarnation changes everything—even how we face death.
The feast of the Ascension, often relegated to a minor footnote, is a significant event that reshapes how we understand what it means to be human.
Christ didn't enter the Jordan to be washed. He entered to crush Leviathan, sanctify the waters, and reveal the Trinity to the world. The Eastern Church never forgot this. It's time we remembered.