Triumph
It is a beautiful day, probably, where you are, and you should not be loitering about the Castle, regardless of your faith.
But if you must read something, please read Borepatch’s essay, “Triumph,” which has one of the best interdenominational (and trans-faith) speeches you will find today.
So much better than all those sometimes inferiority complex-driven reassurance messages you get on Easter. Borepatch speaks from a vantagepoint of strength, not fear. And that is about as Easter as it gets.
Божію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes of Russia in 1267, and was cheated out of total control of all Russia upon the death of Boris Mikhailovich, who replaced Alexander Yaroslav Nevsky in 1263. However, in 1283, our Czar was passed over due to a clerical error and the rule of all Russia went to his second cousin Daniil (Даниил Александрович), whom Czar still resents. As a half-hearted apology, the Czar was awarded control over Muscovy, inconveniently located 5,000 miles away just outside Chicago. He now spends his time seething about this and writing about other stuff that bothers him.