Beloved in the Lord your graces the archpastors, honourable presbyters and deacons, God-loving monks and nuns, dear brothers and sisters - faithful children of the Russian Orthodox Church! From the depths of my heart, filled with joy in Christ who has risen from the dead and has raised up with Him the human race, I turn to you with the words of the good news which have resounded throughout the millennia and manifest the triumph of Christian faith: Christ is risen!