Easter message of Metropolitan Pavel

April 11, 2026 / April 11, 2026 by Антоний

EASTER MESSAGE
OF METROPOLITAN PAVEL OF MANILA AND HANOI
TO THE GOD-LOVING FLOCK OF THE PHILIPPINE–VIETNAMESE DIOCESE

Beloved in the Risen Lord, all-honourable fathers, devout faithful!
On this glorious Paschal night, I greet each of you with these long-awaited and life-giving words:
CHRIST IS RISEN!
I warmly congratulate each of you on the Pascha of the Lord—the Bright Resurrection of Christ! With all my heart, I rejoice together with you in this great celebration of heaven and earth.
On this wondrous night of the Lord’s Pascha, we are once again filled with joy in the Risen Christ, and every Christian feels the full power of the life-affirming greeting: “Christ is Risen!”
The Resurrection of Christ the Savior is a great and unique event in world history. The victory of the Son of God over sin and death is the unshakable foundation of our faith.
Through the Resurrection of Christ, humanity is freed from the power of sin, the curse, and death; for the Pascha of Christ is the passage from death to life, from sin to virtue, from the curse to the reception of God’s gifts and blessings.
The Pascha of Christ is the fullness of the revelation of God and of the Kingdom of God. It is the fullness of life in God, for in Christ’s Resurrection the meaning of all existence is revealed. Through Pascha we are given an image of unity: unity with one another, unity in the Church of God, unity in Christ and with the Risen Christ.
Saint Philaret, Metropolitan of Moscow, in his Paschal homily says: “Following the Angels, we have entered into the feast of the Resurrection of Christ…. He who celebrates with a pure heart, celebrates with the Angels. He who celebrates with love for God and the Risen Christ, and in the spirit of brotherly love for his neighbor, celebrates in communion with the Heavenly Church, since Heaven is nothing other than the kingdom of Divine Love.”
Pascha is the victory of Christ the Savior over death and hell, over enmity and hatred; it is the greatest triumph of love and peace; it is, in the words of Saint John Chrysostom, for all “a feast of faith” and “the riches of goodness”!
My dear ones! With all my heart and soul, I wish each of you to be worthy participants in this Paschal “feast of faith,” this radiant spiritual celebration filled with love and peace!
“This is the day of Resurrection, let us be radiant for the feast, and let us embrace each other.” And with love in the Risen Lord let us say to one another: Indeed Christ is Risen!

CHRIST IS RISEN!
INDEED HE IS RISEN!
BY THE GRACE OF GOD,
METROPOLITAN OF MANILA AND HANOI
Pascha of Christ
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