Paschal Epistle of His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad
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May the present celebration, for which we have been preparing with prayer and fasting, renew the right spirit, that is, a healthy spirit, in our hearts, in order to understand the mystery of Christ's Resurrection, to enjoy the "riches of goodness" of which Chrysostom writes, and to anticipate "eternal joy"!

Archpastoral Message of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, Pascha 2025
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Christ is risen, the Peace of God, the divine Peace himself, and so, in the midst of a busy and whirling world, we find everlasting peace on his feast of feasts.

We Must Resurrect While Still Here
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A Paschal Homily
St. Innocent of Kherson

There’s a connection between the resurrection of nature and the Resurrection of the Lord—not only one of time, but of the deed itself.

Rejoice!
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A Homily on the Joy of the Resurrection
Metropolitan Vladimir (Sabodan)

On these holy days, the Church calls all the faithful to rejoice and exult: “This is the day which the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it!”

Archbishop Anthony of Uralsk (retired) reposes in the Lord
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The hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church was 84 years old. He served in the episcopal dignity for 40 years.

30+ baptized at Kenyan church on Holy Saturday (+VIDEO)
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As St. Gregory of Nazianzus once said, “Baptism is God’s most beautiful and magnificent gift… a gift which no one can buy, but everyone can receive.”

Ukrainian diocese raises 1 million+ hryvnia for children with cancer throughout Lent
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The Sumy Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church held its annual “Bright Deeds for the Bright Day” charity drive during Great Lent this year.

The Celebration of Life
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Ariadna Nefedkina

Pascha was and still remains the most important celebration of life, the feast of the Savior, and a true feast of love, mercy and forgiveness. Christ is the Foundation of everything!

Elder Gabriel (Urgebadze) Hears Our Prayers and Helps Us
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Yulia Kulakova

On that day, my husband was to meet with some generous people to receive some books and relics from them. He brought the gifts home, and among the things that we had known of in advance was an “unexpected” icon of St. Gabriel we hadn’t been told about before. “I hear you!” the saint seemed to be telling us.

Holy Cross Monastery: Former abbot Fr. Panteleimon (Seraphim) reposes in the Lord
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Schema-Archimandrite Panteleimon, who served as abbot of Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, West Virginia, for 10 years, reposed in the Lord today.

Ontario celebrates first Orthodox Christian Week
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Orthodox clergy gathered at Queen’s Park, which houses the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, on Tuesday, April 22 to celebrate the first annual Orthodox Christian Week.

Estonia: President rejects law banning Moscow Patriarchate, says its unconstitutional in current form
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The president believes that “The Moscow Patriarchate undermines the sovereignty and democracy of states,” but that the act, as currently worded, could do more harm than good.

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved
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Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko)

The Name of the Lord is mightier than all the powers of hell. It must become the very breath of our soul.

40th anniversary of Orthodoxy in Kaliningrad—more than 200 churches, 3 monasteries today
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The 40th anniversary of Orthodoxy in Kaliningrad was festively celebrated on Wednesday, April 23, with the Divine Liturgy in Christ the Savior Cathedral, presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Seraphim of the Baltic and His Grace Bishop Nikolai of Chernyakhovsk.

Ukrainian drone strike destroys Russian wooden church complex
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A famous wooden church complex in the Belgorod Province of Russia was completely destroyed today after it caught fire from a drone strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The “Chernobyl Savior” Icon
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Remembering the Disaster, reverence for the labors, a call to repentance
Priest Vyacheslav Inyushkin

The Chernobyl disaster is a test sent by the Lord to warn people against even more terrible mistakes.

Christ Is Risen, Let None Disbelieve!
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St. John (Maximovich) of Shanghai and San Francisco

But at the very time when visible victory was still on the side of the enemies of Christ, Christ in actuality had already overthrown the foundations of hell and freed its captives, had conquered death and risen from the grave.