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The Paschal Epistle of
His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York,
First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad,
to Archpastors, Pastors, Monastics and God-loved Flock
CHRIST IS RISEN!
I express my heartfelt greetings to you my brother archpastors, dear in the Lord fathers, brothers and sisters, on this holy, brightest and all-joyous day of the Resurrection of Christ, and in the name of the Three-day Risen God, the Lover of Mankind, extend to you the embrace of Paschal rejoicing and fraternal love! Bowing down to Christ, the Giver of Life, together with the entire Church, I fervently pray for His mercy, that He grant us the unearthly, desired peace that He gave His disciples, and blesses our prayerful and fraternal communion in His name. (more…)