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Paschal Greetins from Patriarch Gregorios III
Friday, 22 April 2011 09:18
Happy Feast of Pascha 2011
Way of the Cross: way of Resurrection
Once again this year all our Churches of East and West are together celebrating the Resurrection of our Lord God and Saviour. We shall do all in our power to continue to celebrate together in the years to come as a testimony of our common faith!
Our Arab world is still walking along the way of the cross in several of our countries. We are especially anxious about the situation in Syria, where our patriarchal see is situated.
We are praying and asking all our friends to pray for peace, security, national unity and calming of minds. May our government be able to cope with this situation calmly, firmly and successfully.
Thank you for your good wishes for the feast.
We wish you and all our dear friends an abundance of earthly and heavenly blessings! May Christ arise in our world, our hearts and our societies, and in our Eastern Churches, so we may continue our mission in “Communion and Witness.”
Happy and Holy Feast!
Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!
+ Gregorios III
Patriarch of Antioch and All the East,
Of Alexandria and of Jerusalem
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Death to Life
It is the day of Resurrection, all people, let us be enlightened by it. The Passover is the Lord’s Passover, since Christ, our God, has brought us from death to life and from earth to heaven. Therefore, we sing the hymn of victory: * Christ is risen from the dead * trampling down Death by death * and to those in the tombs bestowing life.
From Pascha Matins
Wisdom from the Church Fathers
| Seek God daily. But seek Him in your heart, not outside it. And when you find Him, stand with fear and trembling, like the Cherubim and Seraphim, for your heart has become a throne of God. But in order to find God, become humble as dust before the Lord, for the Lord abhors the proud; whereas He visits those that are humble in heart, wherefore He says: “To whom will I look, but to the one who is meek and humble in heart?” St. Nectarius of Aegina |