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ARTEMIJE

by God’s grace
Orthodox Bishop
of the Diocese of Raska-Prizren
in Exile

To All the Spiritual Children
Monks, Nuns, Priests and Faithful People
of the Diocese of Raska-Prizren
IN EXILE
we proclaim the all-powerful Easter greeting:

CHRIST IS RISEN FROM THE DEAD! TRULY HE IS RISEN!

CHRIST THE PEACE OF GOD IS BORN!

 

„Christ is born, glorify Him;

Christ has come from heaven, greet Him;

Christ is on earth, exalt yourselves ..“

(Irmos of the First Ode).

“No one who puts his hand to the plough and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God” (Luke 9:62).

 

Amongst its other meanings, the aforementioned declaration of Our Lord tells us that if a person wishes to be saved but simultaneously accepts the very things he must reject for the sake of his salvation, then this person cannot actually be saved at all, because he hinders his own journey towards the Kingdom of God.

At a gathering of the Bishop, the Chorbishops and Abbots of the Diocese of Raska and Prizren in Exile of the Church of Serbia at the monastery of St. Justin Popovic in Barajevo on 25th November 2016, his Grace, the Chorbishop of Novo Brdo-Panonija Maxim, gave the following lecture entitled „The Ecumenist ‘Council’ of Crete“.

Christ the Lord, the Cornerstone (Acts 4,11) and Foundation (1 Corinthians 3,11) of our Faith, our salvation, our theology and our Church, came down to earth, and bestowed His divine knowledge upon fallen humanity. Furthermore, by virtue of his coming into this world, He also bestowed upon us the most precious gift of all – namely, His very Self.

 

ARTEMIJE

by the grace of God Orthodox Bishop

of Diocese of Ras-Prizren

in Exile

 

To all the spiritual children, monastics, clergy and faithful of the Diocese of Ras-Prizren in Exile, we proclaim the ever-joyful Easter greeting:

Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed!

The ordination of Chorbishop Nikolai – on the left Bishop Artemije, on the right Chorbishop Nikolai

 

When Christ Our Lord, the Incarnate God, the Word and Son of God came down to earth and took on human nature, He deified and redeemed that nature.