“We remain shocked by the tragedy in Tempe. A painful mirror of the many pains of all of us, he accompanied our journey towards Easter this year. Seal our conscience. He led the thinking of many to the big questions”, emphasizes the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Hieronymos in his Paschal message to the Clergy and the Christ-named crew.

Additionally, among others, the Primate of the Church of Greece notes that “human history, tragedy, natural evil, the once unimaginable moral evil, the brutal thwarting of our dreams at all levels, everything can, everything is called to participate in transformative perspective of the Resurrection. In the face of corruption, the Grace of the Resurrection shines brightly. Hades “reigns, but does not perpetuate”. Anastas Theanthropos reveals the infinite possibilities that human nature acquires and all of us by Grace”.

Archbishop Hieronymos’ Easter message in detail:

“My dear brothers, my dear children, these days we hear the encouraging word: “Do not fear death, let us be freed by the death of the Savior”!

We expect, my brothers, the resurrection of the dead. This logic-challenging hope, based on the historical event of Christ’s Resurrection, remains the ultimate and great source of meaning for man and the world. It is the Risen Christ who illuminates History with its climaxes, but also the darkness of the human adventure that accompanies it. It illuminates and interprets the painful and unanswered “whys”. Those that often crush us and overflow like the cry of the saint of our letters: “As if the passions and woes of the world would never end”. We remain shocked by the tragedy of Tempe. A painful mirror of the many pains of all of us, he accompanied our journey towards Easter this year. Seal our conscience. It led the thinking of many to the big questions.

If Christ did not rise, our faith is in vain, our spiritual tradition affirms. It is worth remembering that Anastas does not arrogantly despise the human condition. The Resurrection is not a fantasy of cosmic power. It is He who, as a man, begged God the Father to avoid martyrdom, who was betrayed by one of His own, who was mocked, who was scourged, who suffered and bled a lot, who exclaimed “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me”, who died on the Cross. We saw him in Holy Week “condemned and bruised”, defeated before the eyes of the disciples, finished for human understanding, completely humiliated.

This Crucified One we adore, in Him we believe. This loser, scandal Himself and mora, is God. Our Church Tradition boldly proclaims: “God died – God’s blood … on the cross”. He dissolves the state of death, “since it is not possible to keep under corruption the ruler of life”. A man of God, he rises with humanity. Human History, tragedy, natural evil, once unimaginable moral evil, the brutal thwarting of our dreams at all levels, all can, all are called to participate in the transformative perspective of the Resurrection. In the face of corruption, the Grace of the Resurrection shines brightly. Hades “reigns, but does not perpetuate”. Anastas Theomanthropos reveals the infinite possibilities that human nature and all of us acquire by Grace.

He is the Saviour, and remains the one who is said to be “in the fall and resurrection of many”. In the sport of love and freedom. “See”, therefore, “we also walk with Him and cross ourselves … so that we may also live together with Him”.

my brothers,

The Resurrection is the event of divine Love in its great splendor, the descent of Christ into Hell, such a beloved representation in our pictorial tradition, marks the Resurrection of the human race. On this called and holy day, let us listen to the message of the empty monument. Christ “is not here, he is not here.” Death has been defeated my brothers!

Christ is Risen”