Paschal Epistle
for the Year 1922
by His Beatitude, the Most Blessed
Metropolitan Antony (Khrapovitsky)
Christ is risen!
Brethren, Russians and all Orthodox Christians, beloved in Christ!
The grace-filled day of the resurrection of Christ has arrived, when our faith is strengthened, hope increases, and holy love shines forth. On this day, even the wicked become good, the envious joyful, the despondent are comforted. And those who before were firm believers and lovers of their brethren are today filled with compunctionate ecstasy, and desire to embrace the whole world, and greet even those whom yesterday they considered their enemies.
And so we chant in church