„Pământul nostru-i scump şi sfânt, că el ni-e leagăn şi mormânt!”
„Our land is precious and sacred, because it is our cradle and grave!”

Pastoral Letter at the Resurrection of the Lord – 2021

Summary/Abstract: The Holy Synod dedicated this year to the pastoral care of Romanians abroad and to the commemoration of the departed. Thinking of those reposed, we will have memorial services for them, we will take care of the cemeteries. The most important tomb for all of Christendom is the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, where the Savior rested for three days and then rose from the dead. Believers are eager to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Sepulcher at least once in their lives. In the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher, in addition to the Orthodox who are in charge of the central church, there are Roman Catholic and Armenian prayer altars. But the Holy Light descends on Holy Saturday at the service of the Orthodox and from the chapel of the Holy Sepulcher. We have great reverence for the Holy Sepulcher, but more importantly it is from there that Christ rose from the dead. Because Christians believe in the eternity of the soul and in the resurrection of the dead, they give special attention to the graves and a special care to cemeteries.

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