Sireliner,
CHRIST IS RISEN !
This Holy morning of the Resurrection when the Entire Christendom is celebrating the victory of life over death, I greet you with these words of praise and joy.
This year’s celebration is more significant, for us for by the Divine predestination, the day of the Remembrance of the darkest hour in our history, the commemoration of the Armenian Genocide and the Day of the Greatest Victory have coincided.
The life of Armenians is the life of Victory.
This race has refused to die, has smiled at the face of death and has vowed to live.
Our existence is the testimony of Resurrection.
Today our heads are upright for we pay tribute to our martyrs and to the victory of their blood.
Today the tears and prayers of our martyrs shower upon our hearts to cleanse our souls to be able to see the Victorious Light of the Resurrection.
Today heaven and earth are joined together and we have become one in heart and in soul, glorifying and praising along with our martyrs:
CHRIST IS RISEN !
And finally the first and the most…
To You I raise my prayer, my Risen and Victorious Lord,
My Saviour Jesus Christ.
Beautiful and desirable name.
You are the Guide of our life.
I yearn to meet You on the Day of the Great Resurrection
When You shall come with all Your glory and might.
Today You are holding in Your loving and caring bosom our martyrs,
who shed their blood for the sake of Your blood on the Cross,
trampling death, never being defeated by the grave.
Shed a brim of Your Resurrection and Victory upon us.
Be our Protector and Hope,
Continue to bless us, so that by Your help and guidance
We may live as Victorious People and be able to repeat
Do not Fear
¨Christ is Risen, Blessed is His Resurrection¨
Amen and Amen!
Bishop Bagrat Galstanian, Primate
