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Patriarch Gregorios III’s Appeal to Western Leaders
Sunday, 24 April 2011 18:20
In view of the tragically difficult times that the whole Middle East, and especially Syria, is going through, H. B. Patriarch Gregorios III wrote a letter on 20 April 2011 to Western leaders, asking them to help boost social and political evolution in the region. He stressed that the current revolutions are unlikely to benefit Christians, and may even result in more Christians being obliged to flee the unrest. He believes that Western support for peace is very important for Muslim-Christian living together in the Arab region, for the Christian presence there, for the communion and witness of its Churches to be maintained and for the aims of the recent Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops to be fulfilled.
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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
| Christ is Risen! O the marvel! the forbearance! the immeasurable meekness! The Untouched is felt; the Master is held by a servant, And He reveals His wounds to one of His inner circle. Seeing these wounds, the whole Creation was shaken at the time. Thomas, when he was considered worthy of such gifts, Lifted up a prayer to the One Who deemed him worthy, Saying, "Bear my rashness with patience, Have pity on my unworthiness and lighten the burden Of my lack of faith, so that I may sing and cry, `Thou art our Lord and God.'" Kontakia of Romanos, V. 1, On Doubting Thomas |