Church officials send Easter greetings

In his Easter address, Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) leader Patriarch Irinej called for unity and brotherly love. He called on believers to preserve their belief in the resurrection not just in words, but in life and actions. Church officials send Easter greetings Irinej called on peace and brotherly love, sending a special greeting to Serbs in Kosovo. The Patriarch said that the SPC prays for peace and freedom to return to Kosovo and for the Serbs you are adamant about staying in Kosovo. “Thank God, our people are determined to stay and remain at this holy altar, believing in the cross and Christ’s resurrection, protecting themselves from disagreements and without confusing words that do not lead towards preserving the religion and the spiritual and national identity,” Patriarch Irinej said. He said that the resurrection calls for preserving unity in the church and believers to never let their earthly interests interfere with the interests of the community and the greater good of the people. “We call on everyone to live with love towards God and those close to them, walking the path that leads to eternal life. Living this way, we will become and be sons and daughters of the resurrection. Christ has risen. Indeed He has risen,” Patriarch Irinej said. Patriarch Irinej The Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Belgrade, Stanislav Hocevar, greeted all Christians in anticipation of Easter, calling on them to be joyous despite the economic crisis and the fear of natural and other disasters, in honor of “Jesus’ victory over evil, sin and death.” Hocevar said that it is special that Catholic and Orthodox believers are celebrating Eastern on the same day this year. “This year, we feel another special gift, all Christians East and West are celebrating the source of the new creation of man and the cosmos together,” Hocevar said. “It is as if the sky is calling believers from all geographic and historic regions who show hope in the transfiguration powers of Jesus Christ to continue aspiring with a new unity,” he said. Stanislav Hocevar (Tanjug)

Church officials send Easter greetings

Irinej called on peace and brotherly love, sending a special greeting to Serbs in Kosovo.

The Patriarch said that the SPC prays for peace and freedom to return to Kosovo and for the Serbs you are adamant about staying in Kosovo.

“Thank God, our people are determined to stay and remain at this holy altar, believing in the cross and Christ’s resurrection, protecting themselves from disagreements and without confusing words that do not lead towards preserving the religion and the spiritual and national identity,” Patriarch Irinej said.

He said that the resurrection calls for preserving unity in the church and believers to never let their earthly interests interfere with the interests of the community and the greater good of the people.

“We call on everyone to live with love towards God and those close to them, walking the path that leads to eternal life. Living this way, we will become and be sons and daughters of the resurrection. Christ has risen. Indeed He has risen,” Patriarch Irinej said. The Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Belgrade, Stanislav Hočevar, greeted all Christians in anticipation of Easter, calling on them to be joyous despite the economic crisis and the fear of natural and other disasters, in honor of “Jesus’ victory over evil, sin and death.”

Hočevar said that it is special that Catholic and Orthodox believers are celebrating Eastern on the same day this year.

“This year, we feel another special gift, all Christians East and West are celebrating the source of the new creation of man and the cosmos together,” Hočevar said.

“It is as if the sky is calling believers from all geographic and historic regions who show hope in the transfiguration powers of Jesus Christ to continue aspiring with a new unity,” he said.