{"id":235784,"date":"2019-04-28T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T09:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=235784"},"modified":"2019-04-28T12:00:01","modified_gmt":"2019-04-28T09:00:01","slug":"patriarch-daniel-easter-is-the-feast-of-forgiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-daniel-easter-is-the-feast-of-forgiveness\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriarch Daniel: Easter is the feast of forgiveness"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the Easter Vigil celebrated Saturday night, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel stressed that the Resurrection of Christ is a feast of forgiveness, recalling that before Christ breathed his last on the Cross He prayed for His enemies, for those who sentenced Him to death and for those who crucified Him.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018This humble, crucified love became victorious through the Resurrection. The love of the crucified and risen Christ is stronger than human sin, is stronger than the work of the devil, stronger than the power of hell, and stronger than death.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018The love of the crucified and risen Christ is stronger than hatred and envy, because he was crucified out of envy and hatred,\u2019 the Romanian Patriarch said at the Easter midnight office.<\/p>\n

How to live in a hostile world<\/h4>\n

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel went on to explain why \u2018we live in an increasingly hostile world, in a world where individualism and selfishness grow and love diminishes in the family, among people and among nations.\u2019<\/p>\n

He said that we face this world context \u2018because we are moving away from Christ, the source of the humble and merciful love\u2019.<\/p>\n

The Patriarch came with a solution to this problem saying that \u2018through repentance, prayer, good deeds and especially by partaking with the Holy Mysteries of Christ we receive love from His love, a forgiving love, a love that values our neighbor, a love that sees every man as a paschal candle.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Thousands of believers attended the Paschal midnight office celebrated at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest . Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Meaning of Paschal troparion<\/h4>\n

The Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church spoke about the Paschal troparion noting that \u2018the first part \u2013 Christ is risen from the dead \u2013 is a profession of faith, the second part \u2013 trampling down death by death \u2013 is an interpretation, and the third part \u2013 and to those in the tombs bestowing life \u2013 is a prophecy.\u2019<\/p>\n

Christ\u2019s Resurrection is the beginning of eternal life<\/h4>\n

In his homily, the Patriarch of Romania quoted the Paschal canon saying, \u2018Now all things are filled with light: heaven and earth, and the nethermost regions\u2019.<\/p>\n

He said \u2018it is not physical light\u2019 mentioned there, \u2018but the ultimate meaning of all existence.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Now the entire universe is filled with meaning, heaven and earth, and the nethermost regions,\u2019 he said adding that \u2018the Resurrection of Christ is not a simple return to the mortal earthly life, a life mixed with death, but rather a transition to a different existence, to heavenly eternal life.\u2019<\/p>\n

He noted that \u2018the Resurrection of Christ is the beginning of another life: eternal life,\u2019 which is not a simple life after death, \u2018but the life lived with Christ, the conqueror of death, from this earthly life beginning with Christian baptism that gives us the provision of resurrection and eternal life.\u2019<\/p>\n

Proclaiming Christ\u2019s Resurrection<\/h4>\n

Patriarch Daniel pointed to the reason why the feast of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is proclaimed outside the church.<\/p>\n

\u2018Because Christ\u2019s Resurrection does not only concern Christians, but all human beings, as Saint Paul tells us, for as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018The universal resurrection,\u2019 he said, \u2018is founded on Christ\u2019s raising from the dead. It is a gift of God for all humans of all generations, of all places and times.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Therefore,\u2019 Patriarch Daniel said concluding his paschal sermon, \u2018Christ\u2019s Resurrection gives meaning to human earthly life.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Through His Resurrection we learn that man is not made for the tomb, but for heaven. He was not made to remain in the dust of the earth, but for the resurrection and for eternal life.\u2019<\/p>\n

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel led the Paschal midnight office and the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. Concelebrants for the service included the patriarchal auxiliary bishops Varlaam of Ploiesti and Ieronim of Sinaia, as well as the Assistant Bishop to the Bucharest Archdiocese, His Grace Bp Timotei of Prahova.<\/p>\n

For more pictures please visit our\u00a0Photo Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n

Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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