Part in an Easter service in the Christ the Savior Cathedral took more than 7 thousand People
On Easter the Patriarchal Church service held at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in the night of Sunday, was attended by more than 7 thousand People, despite the fact that the metro in the capital of Russia worked to 2. 00, a vast majority left before the end of the Liturgy, to partake in the Primate.
"Power, which is revealed to us by God in his Son Jesus Christ through his Calvary death and Resurrection, may He help us manage our lives to salvation and eternal life," - said the Patriarch, addressing the gathering in the temple.
at a festive service, the Patriarch, without changing its tradition to pray at every Liturgy about Ukraine, made a special plea for peace on these lands. Tonight the gospel was read in 23 languages, among them English, French, Ukrainian, Moldavian, Gagauz, Chinese, Japanese. The Patriarch read the text in Latin and Greek, BelTA news Agency. According to the tradition begun by St. Andrew Foundation in 2003, the service was delivered from Jerusalem Holy fire. Citizens are lit from it the candles and lamps, passing the fire on, for that reason around the temple at night almost every passerby in the hands glowed Easter lights. Seeing them, the majority congratulated each other with the traditional greeting " Christ is risen!". In the temple there were many believers with children. Free invitations to Easter Patriarchal service spread through Moscow churches. In this case, preference was given to large families and the elderly, the disabled, children from orphanages. During the Paschal Matins, which began at midnight, was attended by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Medvedev D. a.. They congratulated the Patriarch on the occasion and received from him the gifts - Easter eggs. On Sunday afternoon, Patriarch Kirill congratulated the Passover of veterans of the great Patriotic war, and after that will head in the temple of Christ the Savior of the Great Paschal vigil.
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