Editing Paschal Homily (section)

{{Short description|Easter sermon by Saint John Chrysostom}}
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The '''Paschal [[homily]]''' or [[sermon]] (also known in [[Greek language|Greek]] as '''''Hieratikon''''' or as the '''Catechetical Homily''') of St. [[John Chrysostom]] (died 407) is read aloud at Paschal [[matins]], the service that begins [[Easter]], in [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]] and [[Byzantine Rite|Byzantine]] [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Catholic]] churches. According to the [[tradition]] of the [[Church body|Church]], no one sits during the reading of the Paschal homily.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://orthochristian.com/46066.html#:~:text=%20%20According%20to%20the%20Tradition%20of%20the%20Church%2C%20no%20one%20sits%20%20during%20the%20reading%20of%20St%20John's%20sermon%2C%20but%20all%20stand%20%20and%20listen%20with%20attentiveness.  |title=Paschal Homily of St. John Chrysostom | date=2013-04-19 |publisher=[[Sretensky Monastery]] |accessdate=2025-03-09 }}</ref> Portions of it are often done with the interactive participation of the congregation.

Scholarship since Montfaucon has generally rejected the authorship of Chrysostom.<ref>[https://era.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/38102 M. P. Huggins, Reception of John Chrysostom in the Middle Byzantine period (9th–13th centuries): a study of the Catechetical homily on Pascha (CPG 4605), diss. (2021)]</ref>