Paschal Epistle of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia
Paschal Epistle of His Eminence
HILARION,
Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York,
First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia
Now are all things filled with light: heaven and earth, and the nether regions…
Let all creation celebrate the arising of Christ,
in Whom we are established.
(Paschal Canon, Ode III)
Dear archpastors, pastors, monastics,
and all the faithful of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad!
CHRIST IS RISEN!
By the mercy of God we have reached the end of the period of the Great Fast, when we strove to purify our souls and thoughts by fasting and prayer, preparing ourselves for the great and triumphant feast of the Pascha of the Lord, the radiant Resurrection of Christ, the feast which the Holy Church calls the “Feast of feasts and Triumph of triumphs.” For Pascha is not only the commemoration of the most noteworthy event in the history of the world; it is the essence and meaning of our present and future life. Continue Reading
His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion returns to the Australian and New Zealand Diocese
His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand
His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion has returned to the Australian and New Zealand diocese from the United States and will be with us for about one month, including the Pascha of our Lord.
This Sunday, 21st of March, His Eminence will serve the Divine Liturgy at the Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral in Strathfield.
Vladika will return to the United States on the 19th of April 2010.