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"For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit." (Rm 14, 17)

Your Beatitude, dear brother in Christ,

Christ is risen!
Allow me to congratulate you on the great and holy feast of the Resurrection of our Lord and Saviour. After the solar eclipse on the day of Crucifixion, the light in the world, although shining visibly, seemed to withdraw. The source of light and life was hidden in the tomb. But on the blessed and bright Easter night, the Sun of Righteousness shines again with unspeakable splendour. And even if the forces of death and evil are not gone from the world, a new dawn has begun and a way to the Kingdom has been opened for all.
The forces of darkness seem to be growing stronger just now. The return of cynical power politics, the urge to subdue without mercy smaller nations, the addiction to technologies that “liberate” man from thinking, the ecological deterioration of the created world and countless other ills seem to draw apart the world as we know it. Yet, amidst all the evils, the light of resurrection is revealed and give us the hope of the day without evening. In the light of this day, we can be assured that all our prayers and all our good deeds are not in vain but are giving the troubled world a witness of the love of God and His triumph over death.

Wishing Your venerable All-Holiness/ Beatitude / Eminence a blessed time of the Pascha, and assuring you my prayers and good wishes,

Yours in the Risen Lord I remain,


+ Stephanos,
Metropolitan of Tallinn and All Estonia

Tallinn, Pascha 2025

 

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Nativity of Christ 2023


The joy of Nativity concerns all mankind; the Christ Child is a personal gift to each of us. The true Light that enlightens every man who comes into the world and leads us to the Infant that lies in the Manger, as St. Athanasius says of Him, „The incorporal Word of God, who was never far away from us, comes to dwell among us to show His love towards mankind. He does not let creation be destroyed, so that His Father's work would prove useless. So He takes our flesh...“

An anonymous author has said:

If our greatest need had been education, God would have sent us a teacher.
If our greatest need had been technology, God would have sent us an engineer.
If our greatest need had been money, God would have sent us a banker.
If our greatest need had been entertainment, God would have sent us an actor.
If our greatest need had been health, God would have sent us a doctor.
But our greatest need was forgiveness. So God sent us a Saviour.

The Saviour does not come to us with all the pomp. He comes to us as a humble child in a simple cave. He came among the poorest, those without hope, the persecuted, the sinners. He comes for those who suffer in Ukraine, in the Holy Land and elsewhere, where war and injustice prevail.

May the divine Infant of Bethlehem find in our hearts and in all the hearts of good will much justice, love, peace and great hope.

I wish You a blessed Nativity of Christ and a happy New Year 2024,

Christ is born, glorify Him!

In Our Lord born in flesh,


† Stephanos,
Metropolitan of Tallinn and All Estonia

In Tallinn, Nativity 2023

 

 

 

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