How Easter in the world met

The news of the bright Christ's resurrection on the eve of the whole Christian world, it was necessary. This year, Christians of all faiths simultaneously celebrate this great holiday.

On the night of Saturday to Sunday in the main cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill headed the solemn service , where together with almost six thousand believers were Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his wife Svetlana and the head of government Vladimir Putin, the ITAR-TASS and Interfax agencies noted.

In the Easter Epistle, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church wished the compatriots to think about the meaning of Easter - the resurrection of Christ, "to rise above the vanity of everyday everyday life" in order to "see the true greatness of divine love." “It is important to realize that by His Resurrection the Lord updates human nature, granting the strengthening of internal forces to every Christian in his ministry of the Church, the country, society, family, neighbor,” the Patriarch emphasized. He urged to divide the holiday with his loved ones, as well as "warm the warm hearts of those who suffer and experience deprivations."

Dmitry Medvedev sent a congratulatory message to Orthodox Christians and all Russian citizens, noting the bright resurrection of Christ. "I cordially congratulate the Orthodox Christians, all the citizens of Russia, noting the Resurrection of Christ," the congratulation says. “Easter celebrations occupy a special place in the spiritual life of Russian society. They carry moral update with them, fill people with warmth and light, strengthen faith in good and justice,” the Russian president emphasized. "Combining millions of believers, the Russian Orthodox Church in every way promotes the strengthening of the spiritual and historical traditions of our people. A lot does a lot to maintain the civil world and consent in the country," Medvedev noted.

According to him, “it is symbolic that this year the followers of all Christian churches meet Easter. I am convinced that their fruitful cooperation in the name of peace and understanding between people will contribute to the harmonization of interethnic and interfaith relations, to serve the preservation of the cultural diversity of Russia. On this joyful day I wish you health, well -being and all the best.”

In the congratulations, Vladimir Putin emphasized that "this holiday unites millions of our fellow citizens" and "has a powerful creative force, gives joy, hope for spiritual revival, moral renewal and improvement of man." The Prime Minister expressed confidence that "the fruitful dialogue of the Russian Orthodox Church and the state will continue to expand."

On the first day of the holiday of the bright resurrection of the Resurrection in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Ninth Moscow Easter Festival opened. This year it is dedicated to the 65th anniversary of Victory. Almost all Shostakovich’s symphony will sound - “one of the brightest witness of that era,” said maestro Valery Gergiev, who is the initiator of this musical Easter holiday. Some tickets will be distributed on a charity basis. "In the year of the Great Victory, I would like as many participants in the Great Patriotic War as possible our concerts, including with the help of radio and television," Gergiev said.

On the opening of the choir program, on April 5, Patriarch Kirill will take part. In 46 Moscow temples, both choral performances and bell concerts will be held.

About 176.5 thousand Muscovites and guests of the capital took part in Easter services

About 176.5 thousand Muscovites and guests of the capital took part in Easter services. This was announced by ITAR-TASS by the head of the Department of Information and Public Relations of the capital's Central Internal Affairs Directorate Viktor Biryukov. He noted that last year this figure amounted to 112 thousand "from 19:30 (Moscow time) Saturday to 04:00 (Moscow time) Sunday festive services and processions took place in 269 temples and monasteries of Moscow, as well as temple religious buildings of non -Orthodox faiths." Most people have traditionally came to meet Easter in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior - about six thousand people - about six thousand people - about six thousand people - about six thousand people - about six thousand people - about six thousand people - about six thousand people And the Epiphany Cathedral is 6.5 thousand, ”said Biryukov. - The Assumption Church of the Novodevichy Monastery on Easter night was visited by just over 1.8 thousand believers, the Holy Danilovsky monastery - 1.5 thousand and the church of all saints - 1.8 thousand. "

The representative of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate emphasized that throughout the Easter night the police worked in an intensified mode. Under special control, there were 36 metro stations, through which the townspeople went to temples and monasteries. “In total, in the protection of law and order during Easter worships, 3.2 thousand police officers were involved, no incidents were recorded,” the interlocutor of ITAR -TASS emphasized.

Easter in the Vatican

In the Vatican, festive services and Mass was headed by Pope Benedict XVI . In St. Peter's Cathedral, words from the Gospel and Easter chants also sounded, the newspaper New Izvestia said.

According to the ancient tradition on Easter night, the pontiff made the sacrament of the baptism of the converts. This time, a Russian boy turned out to be one of the Roman baptized by Pope. On Sunday Mass, as usual, the pontiff congratulated believers on Easter in several dozen languages. Including Benedict XVI congratulated Russian Catholics, pronouncing Russian: "Christ is risen."

At the beginning of the morning Easter mass, which, despite the cool and rainy weather, passed with a huge gathering of the people, its usual order was unexpectedly changed by the emotional performance of the dean of the collegium of the cardinals, the Secretary of State at the rest of the Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the Siberian Catholic newspaper reports. After the RESURREXIT rite, during which the Pope opened the image of Christ the Risen, established near the altar, the cardinal turned to the Pope with the words of congratulations and support, assuring him in solidarity and prayer of the whole church.

"The holy father, on this solemn festival of Easter, the Liturgy of the Church invites us to holy joy, telling us:" The Lord created this day, we will rejoice and rejoice in it. "And although it is raining over this historical square, the sun shines in our hearts. In this spirit we gathered around you - the successor of Peter, the bishop of Rome, the unbearable rock of the Holy Church "Hallelujah" of faith and Christian hope.

We express our deep gratitude to you for your power of spirit and apostolic courage, with which you announce to us the gospel of Christ. We admire your great love and how you make your joy and hopes, sorrows and anxiety of people of our time, especially the poor and all the suffering in your fatherly heart. Today, through me, the whole church wants to wish you joyful Easter.

Church with you; With you, the cardinals, your employees in the Roman Kuria, are with you brothers-episods scattered around the world. In a special way with you today 400 thousand priests, fruitfully serving the people of God in parishes, in oratorios, in schools, hospitals, troops and in many other areas, as well as on missions in the most remote parts of the world.

With you, the people of God, who will not succumb to the impression of the momentary gossip and from the tests, which sometimes fall to the share of the communities of believers. Jesus told us: "In the world you will have sorrow, but be a lawsuit - I defeated the world."

Joyful Easter, Holy Father! Joyful Easter, the sweetest Christ on earth! The Church is with you! ” - Cardinal concluded his appeal by the famous words of St. Ekaterina Sienskaya.

Lukashenko congratulated Christians of Belarus on the holiday

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko congratulated compatriots on a bright holiday.

“In the current spring days, all Christians celebrate the great triumph of the resurrection of Christ. And this is the spiritual unity of representatives of different faiths - Orthodox, Catholics and Protestants - fills our holiday with special meaning and beauty, serves the rally of people around the ideals of mercy and fraternal love, which are so important for us today,” the portal of Patriarchy.ru the text of the message.

"Living in the Gospel commandments means to work selflessly for the benefit of the Motherland, to protect peace on earth, to selflessly give their care to those who need it. This moral law has entered the flesh and blood of our people. And therefore Belarus is an example of a state where stability, civil consent, good neighborliness and mutual respect of all religions," noted Alexander, - said Alexander Lukashenko.

"Let the Easter days bring warmth and peace to your homes, help to rise above the vanity and small strife, give the joy of meetings with relatives and friends. Let the traditional greeting" Christ is risen! "Will become a symbol of the spiritual revival for everyone.

I wish you, dear compatriots, good health, inexhaustible spiritual and bodily forces, happiness and success, ”the president of Belarus concluded his appeal.

President Yanukovych congratulated "all the people of his native land" and "compatriots, whom fate scattered around the world in search of a better life"

President Yanukovych congratulated on the bright holiday of the resurrection of the Lord "all the people of our native land", as well as "those of our compatriots whom fate scattered around the world in search of a better life."

“Let the great day of the Resurrection add us strength on the difficult path to justice, the consent, well -being of all people in our state. Let the Lord give us the power to raise our country from the ruins so that every person and every family becomes easier to live,” the text of the head of the Ukrainian state quoted the Portal of Patriarchate.ru.

"We pray together, so that the Lord helps us to be worthy, to be honest and be devoted to the ideals of truth and good. I congratulate all of us on great joy, great hope and great expectation that the resurrection of the Lord brings to Earth," Viktor Yanukovych said in conclusion.

The Fund of Andrei the First -Called will hold a celebration in Central Asia on the occasion of Easter

The Fund of Andrei the First-Called implements in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan on April 5-12 the program "Easter week in Central Asia".

The central event of the program will be the delivery to Tashkent and Bishkek of the Blessed Fire from Jerusalem. The shrine will be transferred to the Metropolitan of Tashkent and Central Asian Vladimir, who in turn will distribute fire on the parishes of the diocese, the portal of Interfax-religion in the press service of the Fund told. Russian artists will arrive as part of the delegation of the Andrei Foundation of the First -Called to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. During the week they will perform concerts at the Russian Drama Theater of Tashkent, in the diocesan administration in the Uzbek capital, in the location of the Russian air base in the city of Kant, in the Spiritual and Educational Center and in the Kyrgyz-Russian University of Bishkek.

As part of the program in Bishkek and Tashkent, a photo exhibition and videos dedicated to the main programs of the Fund Andrey of the First -Called and the Center for National Glory of Russia will be presented. The blessed fire to the borders of the Russian Church is carried out within the framework of the program of the Andrei Fund of the First -Called "Ask the world to Jerusalem", implemented since 2003. An important component of this initiative is the prayer for peace on the Holy Land. Every year, the fertile fire is delivered to hundreds of cities of Russia and neighboring abroad.

In 2010, it is supposed to deliver the fertile fire to the diocesan centers of the Russian Church - Minsk, Riga, Tashkent, Bishkek, Tallinn, Baku, Derbent, St. Petersburg, Barnaul, Belgorod, Volgograd, Voronezh, Yekaterinburg, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Kostroma, Krasnoyarsk, Kursk, Lipetsk, Magadan, Mugansk, Murmansk, Murmansk, Murmansk, Murmansk, Murmansk, Murmansk Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Eagle, Perm, Ryazan, Pskov, Saratov, Stavropol, Tambov, Tula, Cheboksary, Yaroslavl, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Rostov-on-Don, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Yakutsk and other cities.

Easter service with the participation of Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox gathered thousands of people near Paris

A large ecumenical service with the participation of representatives of the Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox churches have gathered thousands of people near Paris today. This is a “excellent symbol of the unity of believers,” said ITAR-TASS reported by the Parisian Archbishop Andre Ven-Trua, who headed the prayer service.

Easter liturgy took place in numerous Orthodox churches throughout France - only in the capital there are about ten. Archbishop Innokenty addressed the flock with an appeal to the flock.

The connections between believers are reminiscent of a variety of cultural and historical actions taking place these days in France. So, in the town of Bolsa-Sur-Mer, near Nice in the Sunny south of the country, a unique photo project "Solovka-Pearl of the North" unfolded.

The exhibition includes landscapes of the Solovetsky archipelago, which is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, as well as personnel from the life of the famous Solovetsky Transfiguration Monastery, which has become a place of pilgrimage for Russian Pomerania. The festive Easter program is represented by the male choir of the city of Yaroslav, who arrived with concerts to France, under the direction of Alexei Kornev. The extensive touring program includes religious chants and Russian folk songs.

Easter services were held in the Orthodox churches of Denmark

Easter services were held last night in the Orthodox churches of Denmark. The holiday is celebrated in all the Orthodox parishes of the country - the Russian Church of the Holy Boar Prince Alexander Nevsky in Copenhagen, in the monastery of the Holy Royal Martyrs on the Funa in Hesbierge, in the St. Nicholas Church in Hobli (Jutland), in the Church of St. Nicholas in Weil (Jutland).

In addition to parishioners -Russian in the procession in the Danish capital, believers from a number of other Orthodox countries took part - Ukrainians, Belarusians, Greeks, Bulgarians, Romanians, Serbs. Easter fair was held in Orchus, ITAR-TASS reports.

Orthodox on the Apennines note the bright resurrection of Christ

Orthodox Christians on Apennines simultaneously celebrate the bright holiday of Easter today. The traditional processing moves, which ended with the proclamation of the resurrection of Christ, took place last night near the many Orthodox churches of Italy. In the north of the Apennin, on the initiative of the Foundation of Andrei the First -Called and Russian Center named after N.I. Borodina in Merano with the assistance of Aeroflot - Russian Airlines, a unique action was held to deliver the fertile fire from Jerusalem (through Moscow). First, the sacred fire brought in a special safe lamp, like the one in which the Olympic flame “travels”, burned in the Orthodox churches of the Milan parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. Then he was transported to Merano (Autonomous Province of Bolzano, the region of Trento-Alto-Adidge-South Tyrole) to the church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.

In the coming days, the festive Easter program will continue musical performances organized by the Roman arrival of the Orthodox Church of the Holy Great Martyr Ekaterina. In the cultural center operating at the temple, a piano concert of the works of Russian composers performed by laureates of international competitions of Natalia Morozova and Vitaly Yunitsky will be held. The choir of the parish will perform in the basilica of the Mother of God of the Angels and Martyrs, known for the fact that it was built according to the Michelangelo project on the ruins of the ancient terms of Emperor Diocletian, ITAR-TASS reports.

Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates Holy Easter

"Christ is risen from the dead!" - "Blessed is the Resurrection of Christ!" So today believers the believers of the Armenian Apostolic Church , which celebrates Easter, is the holy resurrection of Jesus Christ.

The Divine Liturgy was held in the pioneer saint of Echmiadzin, which was attended by President of Armenia Serge Sargsyan and other representatives of the republic’s leadership.

“The world today is not fenced from wars, poverty, disagreement in society, in families, in personal relations,” said the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the Easter sermon, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of all Armenians Garepan II . “Verily, there will never be a world, unhindered prosperity and joy where a good battle for faith is not conducted.” “Our people accepted Christ as His Lord and the Savior, overcame many tests with hope for Him for centuries and resurrected the graves dug for him,” the Patriarch stated.

“The twentieth century has become a century of tragedy for our people, but also a revival,” Catholicos noted. “Having passed through the Golgotha ​​Genocide (Armenians of 1915 in the Ottoman Empire. - Approx. Ed. ), Overcoming a myriad of sacrifices and deprivations, our people in his homeland and in the diaspora, and continued to create his irresistant achievements today It runs up with the times. "

“Connecting on Christ, our people remained faithful to the hope of a peaceful and benevolent world and believed in the victory of freedom and justice,” said the Hey -Paisturine of the Armenians. “And today it is also necessary to conduct a good battle for faith, so that God's reverence, love and solidarity, the indirectness, fruitful, fruitful, are fruitful, fruitful, fruitful, fruitful, for the sake of our real and future.”

Католикос призвал оставаться "верными выбору святой и справедливой христианской жизни наших благоверных отцов". "Сохраним возжженным светлый факел веры в семье, личных отношениях, нашем участии в национальной жизни", - предложил он.

"С любовью во Христе" Верховный патриарх приветствовал "духовных предстоятелей сестринских Церквей, испрашивая Господа о его обильных дарах их пастве".

"В этот благоносный пасхальный день перед алтарем сошествия нашего воскресшего Спасителя возносим молитву, дабы Бог обильными благами даровал прогресс и процветание армянской земле, хранил в мире и благоденствии свою малую паству, нашу армянскую нацию, - сказал католикос. - Испрашиваем Господа, дабы хранил народ наш единомышленным святой нашей верой, даровал новой силы и мощи для осуществления наших справедливых чаяний".

"Пусть дары воскресшего Христа распространятся по всему миру, дабы все народы в дружбе и братстве, с надеждой и верой созидали лелеемую человечеством жизнь, полную любви, солидарности и безмятежного мира", - отметил в заключение Патриарх, слова которого приводит ИТАР-ТАСС.

Многочисленные верующие из разных стран встретили праздник Пасхи в сеульском православном храме Святителя Николая

Многочисленные верующие собрались сегодня на торжественную службу в единственный православный храм южнокорейской столицы - собор Святителя Николая, чтобы встретить Светлый праздник Пасхи. Он объединил в единую семью прихожан из числа корейцев, живущих здесь граждан России, стран Европы и США. Примечательно, что во время пасхального богослужения часть Евангелия о явлении Христа ученикам в день воскресения читалась не только на греческом, латинском и корейском, но и на русском, украинском, чешском, немецком, французском, японском, китайском и английском языках.

Православная обитель Сеула - собор Святителя Николая Мирликийского - была построена в 1903 году, а вообще православие появилось в Корее благодаря деятельности русских миссионеров в 1885 году, когда на следующий год после установления дипломатических отношений с местными властями было заключено особое соглашение, разрешающее подданным Российской империи совершать богослужения.

В 1953 году после окончания Корейской войны между Севером и Югом служивший в составе войск ООН греческий капеллан обнаружил к своему удивлению православную общину корейцев, так как русских к тому времени в Южной Корее уже не было. В 1955 году съезд православных христиан-корейцев присоединился к Константинопольскому патриархату в лице Греческой архиепископии в Америке, а через 15 лет Константинопольский Патриарх принял решение об учреждении Новозеландской митрополичьей кафедры, включившей православные приходы Кореи.

Вновь русская община в Сеуле, окормлением которой сейчас занимается игумен и почетный гражданин Сеула Феофан Ким, появилась в конце 1980-х годов.

"Я хочу всех поздравить с самым главным нашим праздником, по церковной традиции называемым Праздников праздник. Воскресение Христово - это краеугольный камень нашей веры, потому что если нет Воскресения Христова, то нет ни церкви, ни глубокого смысла нашей жизни. Поэтому мне хочется пожелать всем глубокой православной веры, ее утверждения, пасхальной радости, чтобы истина Христова воскресения всегда была в наших сердцах и освещала всю нашу жизнь, - сказал в беседе с корреспондентом ИТАР-ТАСС игумен Феофан. - Хочется пожелать любви, которая бы царила в наших отношениях, как это и положено у всех христиан".

В Саксонии сорбы песнопениями и молитвами отмечают католическую Пасху

В восточногерманском Лаузитце (федеральная земля Саксония) по случаю отмечаемого сегодня праздника Пасхи 1600 сорбских всадников приняли участие в традиционной национальной церемонии благовествования о воскрешении Христа.

В черных фраках и цилиндрах на украшенных цветами и разноцветными шелковыми лентами конях всадники-сорбы объезжают исконно славянские города Бауцен, Хойерсверда и Каменец, расположенные недалеко от границы ФРГ и Польши, и песнопениями возвещают о том, что "Христос восстал из мертвых". Их сопровождают тысячи пеших участников процессии, одетых в национальные костюмы. Они поют пасхальные песни и молитвы, сообщает ИТАР-ТАСС.

На гулянья по случаю Пасхи молодые девушки и женщины приходят в красивых сорбских нарядах. Частью их костюмов являются цветные платки, ленты на юбках и искусно сделанные чепчики с ручной вышивкой, которые отличаются разнообразием цветовой гаммы.

Традиция пасхальных процессий всадников своими корнями уходит глубоко в 1400-летнюю историю лужицких сорбов, которые бережно сохраняют свою самобытную культуру. Немцы позаимствовали многие сорбские обычаи, в частности, роспись пасхальных яиц.

Сорбы являются самой малочисленной славянской народностью. В ФРГ живут около 100 тыс. западных славян сорбской национальности. Это - единственное национальное меньшинство в Германии. Три четверти сорбов проживают в Саксонии, остальные - в Бранденбурге.