† B A R T H O L O M E W
BY GOD’S MERCY
ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE-NEW
ROME
AND ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH
TO THE PLENITUDE OF THE CHURCH:
MAY THE GRACE, PEACE AND MERCY
OF CHRIST RISEN IN GLORY BE WITH
YOU ALL
* * *
Dearest brother Hierarchs and beloved children in the
Lord,
Having arrived at Holy Pascha and becoming partakers
of the joy of the Resurrection, we praise the Lord of glory, who trampled down
death by death and resurrected with Him the entire race of Adam, opening for us
all the gates of paradise.
