From Monachos.net
Pascha, 2005
- 'In the midst of this abundance of blood shedding, there appears the leader and Giver of life, Who was murdered by humanity, trumpeting to all that murderous acts are not signs of success. He heralds that resurrection [...]'.
- 'Above all other things, the Feast of Pascha affirms that the Risen Lord is in our midst. Each and every day, through all the joys and trials of this life, He is with us. His divine and life-giving presence brings us peace in the midst of personal, familial, and global conflicts [...]'.
Pascha, 2004
- 'If Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty. The resurrection is the foundation of our faith, and the fulfilment of our mission...'
- 'We have no hope in the present, destructive world, other than our Lord who destroyed death and gave life to all...'
Pascha, 2003
- "We too are called upon to participate in this glory, this light-bearing transfiguration of eternal joy in the Kingdom of Heaven. Christ the Saviour. Christ the Saviour has opened His gates for us, He calls us all and grants to all joy here on earth..."
- "May the Risen Lord heal all brokenness of contemporary humanity and grant peace and life to all human beings, removing all hatred and bloodshed, and exchanging them with peaceful cooperation for the good of all..."
- "Who cannot but rejoice, seeing that Christ the Saviour, after the dread and lengthy sufferings which we remembered with the Holy Church during Holy Week, is risen! This miraculous event gives us a foundation for our own future resurrection, and fills us with Paschal joy..."
- "Today, as we join the women in approaching the empty tomb, our fear and apprehension has been instantly transformed into unspeakable joy and wonder. 'Why do you seek the living among the dead?' we are asked. 'He is not here; He is risen!'..."
- "Tonight each one of us holds a bright candle and receives the Paschal light. So too must we all, each one of us, receive the reality which the light symbolizes. We must, each one of us, cherish in our hearts the conviction that Christ, having risen from the dead, has become the first-fruits of those who fall asleep..."
Pascha, 2002
Pascha, 2001
- "On the day of Christ's radiant resurrection it is with a particular force that we are aware of our adoption in the Lord, our participation in the great mystery of Divine Economy. We sense clearly that we are not alone in this world, that the Lord is with us. Yet let us recall at what price the joy of Easter night was attained for us. Then our imagined following of the Lord on the great and salvific days of Passion Week, the reverential and mournful contemplation of Golgotha, will be forever joined in our souls with this joy, 'for today as from a bridal chamber Christ has shown forth from the tomb' ..."
- "Today the fear of death is dispelled and the human race is no longer bound by the tyranny of sin and mortality. Today the living and the dead raise their voices in unison, praising the three-day Pascha of the Lord. Today the Churches of the risen Christ are ablaze with the healing light of the Resurrection by which all creation is being regenerated. Indeed, the old is being made new as the crucified and risen Messiah calls all to abundant and transfigured life ..."
- "Filled with joy was the mouth of the Myrrh-Bearing women as they said, 'The Lord is Risen!' With this same great joy, we also repeat over and over again this year the proclamation of the most important event in the history of mankind and in the life of every person: 'Christ is Risen.' This event has become a form of salutation, for the pronouncement thereof is a matter of deepest joy. It is not, like most salutations, a mere wish. It is an actual event, it is a reality. Christ is risen and death is abolished. Death is abolished, for Christ resurrects with Himself all the faithful who, inasmuch as they believe in Him, do not taste death, but pass from death unto life. ..."
- " 'Go quickly and tell his disciples that Christ is risen from the dead!' This commandment given to the women, the first witnesses of the resurrection, is repeated today to all of us who constitute the body of the Greek Orthodox believers here in America. For it is not sufficient to limit ourselves only to the joyous celebration of the Pascha. It is not enough to sing 'Christos Anesti' and to fully enjoy the great day of the Resurrection which the Lord has made for us in order to rejoice and be glad in it. We must 'go quickly' to the people and declare that Christ is risen. We must become the messengers of His Resurrection. ..."
- "The Lord Almighty himself came down upon earth, through the Ever-Virgin Mary, as an ordinary man but, being God, He was sinless and the most Holy. For our salvation He suffered, was crucified and wondrously rose from the dead. thereby showing us the path to our eternal salvation, which is the path of fasting, prayer and repentance. That is what we must strive towards and what we must ask of the Lord. ..."
Pascha, 1999
- Serbian Orthodox Church, 1999
- "In this regard one of our great spiritual fathers and theologians has written that every philosophy, and especially every religion, must be tested on exactly this question, the central question of human existence and activity, on the question of death. And only Christianity has passed this test before each person and before mankind; it has passed this test and moreover has passed it not with words but through deeds in the actual event of the Resurrection of Christ.... After the Resurrection of Christ everything becomes clear and it is with good reason that the Apostle cries out joyfully, 'O death, where is thy sting? O hell, where is thy victory?' ..."