Easter Message from Heads of Churches in Jerusalem

Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem

Source: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead..."1 Peter 1:3

'In the weeks leading up to this year's commemoration of Christ's death and resurrection, a new and devastating regional war has once again plunged the Holy Land and the wider Middle East into turmoil.

Each passing day has brought increasingly fierce escalations relentless cycle of death, destruction, and frightful suffering that now ripples across the globe in rising economic hardship. From the blackened smoke of this expanding wreckage, a deep darkness has engulfed our region, as stifling as the air inside the sealed tomb of the crucified Christ. Hope itself appears to have abandoned us. Yet as Scripture teaches and our faith reveals, the desolation of the tomb was not the end of the story. Death did not have the final word. By the power of God, Christ rose victorious from the grave, bursting the bonds of sin and death.'

To read the full message go to:
www.lpj.org/en/news/easter-message-2026?mc_cid=b695320833&mc_eid=4642b41feb