Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
April 5 2015
Armenians all over the world celebrate Easter
5 April 2015 – 12:08pm
Today, the parishioners of the Armenian Apostolic Church all over the
world are celebrating the glorious feast of the resurrection of Christ
– Easter.
The Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, Karekin II,
addressed believers with congratulations. “The pace of our nation at a
crossroads of history was often the likeness of Christ. We often went
to the Golgotha of suffering, were crucified with the Lord and raised
with a faith in His Resurrection. By the grace of God our people
overcame machinations and destructions, persecution and slaughter and
kept bright hope for our revival, our prosperous and bright life,” the
Armenian Patriarch said in congratulations.
He also stressed that “to the world, to all of humanity, with their
martyrdom and their resurrected life, our people testified the truth
of the miracle of the resurrection. They were crucified, were
exhausted with grief, but did not become desperate, were wounded, but
not weak, scattered throughout the world, but did not lose the
Motherland. With love for the lost homeland, our people, restored
statehood in the eastern part of historical Armenia, and began a new
life in Diaspora communities, confirming that the tree of our life,
growing on the unshakable pillar of faith, with life-giving power
gives birth to children who beautify the nation.”
“Today, human life is shaken by conflicts and bloodshed. The desired
peace and universal goodwill and solidarity in the cradle of humanity
remains an unfulfilled dream on planet Earth. Humanity is in debt, it
must wipe profusely pouring tears in the world, before the helpless
eyes, cries and screams of orphans and disadvantaged children who
dream of a bright childhood, to silence the rumblings of lethal
weapons, eradicate poverty. We must overcome the crucifixion in the
world and replaced it with resurrection,” Karekin II noted.
From: A. Papazian