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Eminent Brother-Archpastors, Reverend Fathers, Beloved in the Lord Brothers and Sisters! It is with feelings of humble gratitude, love, and joy in the Lord that I greet everyone on this great and most joyous celebration of the Nativity of Christ...
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Christ is Risen!
With these holy and eternally alive words, I congratulate all of you – God-loving archpastors and pastors, pious monks and nuns, dear brothers and sisters – on our greatest Christian feast, the Bright and Glorious Resurrection of our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ.
With a sense of Paschal joy and special spiritual closeness, despite the distances separating us, I greet you, Eminent Brother-Archpastors, reverend fathers, dear brothers and sisters scattered throughout the world, on this great and light-bearing day of the Pascha of Christ!
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I address all of you, Orthodox Christians living in many countries of the world, who are now in churches or praying in your homes, to extend greetings to you on the great feast of Holy Pascha with my heart full of spiritual joy, and to proclaim victoriously in accord with ancient tradition:
CHRIST IS RISEN!
Pre-Lenten celebrations should be prayerful and sober, mindful of the suffering of our Orthodox brethren in Ukraine, says the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.
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