On Thursday, Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church sent an irenic Easter letter to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and the Primates of the Autocephalous Orthodox Churches.
Full text:
Bucharest, Holy Easter 2024
Your Holiness/Your Beatitude,
Christ is Risen!
The Holy Feast of the Resurrection is the foundation of the Christian life and the foretaste of the glory and joy of the heavenly Kingdom. Therefore, the mystery of the death and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ reveals to all of us the victory of holiness over sin, of love over hatred, of peace over violence, of justice over injustice.
In these difficult times, marked by moral, economic and social crises, as well as by devastating military conflicts, whose tragic consequences affect the lives of many Christians, we are called by Jesus Christ, the Risen Lord, to bring comfort, healing and hope to all those in suffering and need. Thus, we all become the hands of the merciful love of our Crucified and Risen Saviour Jesus Christ, showing to the lonely, the sick and the marginalized His sacrificial and sanctifying care for all people.
We pray God that the Holy Feast of the Resurrection may bring you good health and abundant help in the pastoral and missionary activity you carry out.
With high esteem and fraternal embrace in Christ/
With joy in Jesus Christ, the Risen Lord,
† DANIEL
Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church
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