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[Alexandr Korol]

(annihilated) hell.’ In the Eastern tradition, this is understood as the complete destruction of death and hell, but it is asserted that death and hell continue to exist due to the evil will of people. In the Western tradition, the crucifixion of Christ ‘is perceived as dealing a blow to hell’ but not its destruction. The preaching of John the Baptist in hell (a detail of the icon ‘John the Baptist, Angel of the Desert’). In Christianity, the descent into hell completed the redemptive mission of Jesus Christ and marked the limit of Christ’s humiliation and at the same time the beginning of His glory. According to Christian doctrine, Jesus, through His voluntary suffering and painful death on the cross, redeemed the original sin of the forefathers and granted their descendants the strength to fight its consequences. Thus, the Church’s teaching considers the descent into hell as an integral part of Christ’s redemptive sacrifice. The Church believes that the souls of all Old Testament righteous people, including Adam and Eve, were led by Christ out of hell into the heavenly abodes (where until that time only Moses (Matt. 17:3), Elijah, Enoch, and the repentant thief had been).

‘The Son of God will descend... and will be in your image. And the prince of the world... will stretch out his hands upon Him, and they will hang Him on a tree, and they will kill Him, not knowing who He is. And He will descend into hell and will make all its illusions empty and desolate, and He will take the prince of death captive and crush all his power, and He will rise on the third day, taking some of the righteous with Him, and He will send His preachers throughout the whole universe...’”

Alright, let’s read what resurrection is. But there is also Saturday. Maybe Saturday is now, still now, and then comes Sunday. Alright, let’s read, let’s check. “Great Saturday, Passion Saturday, is the Saturday of Passion Week, dedicated to the remembrance of the burial and the time Jesus Christ’s body spent in the tomb and His descent into hell.” See? The penultimate level. As funny as it sounds, it’s the same as in the labors of Hercules and so on, in all these mythologies. Alright, let’s continue. “Great Saturday is a fasting Saturday and at the same time the eve of the Bright Resurrection.” And resurrection is already another multiverse where He lives. So, it turns out He was killed, He ended up in the hell multiverse, and then He also returned, meaning He came out