“The festival of Easter does not consist in pleasant conversation at meals, or splendor of clothing or days of leisure but in the acknowledgment of God and the offering of thanksgiving and of praise to him. Now this belongs to the saints alone, who live in Christ; for it is written, "The dead shall not praise you, O Lo…”
Athanasius of Alexandria, 4th c. — FESTAL LETTERS 7:3
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17The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
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15Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
16The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
— Psalms 115:17 —
18But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.