Resolution of the ROCA Council of Bishops (Diaspora District of the Russian Orthodox Church) 1 September 2017 In accordance with Patriarch Tikhon’s Decree No. 362, we have formed the Diaspora District (okrug), which at this time consists of the three

ПАСХАЛЬНОЕ ПОСЛАНИЕ Возлюбленные о Господе отцы, братия и сестры, Христос Воскресе! Христос воскресе из мертвых, смертию смерть поправ, и сущим во горобех живот даровав. Мы не устаем снова и снова петь эту пасхальную песнь. Но кто эти «сущие во гробех»?

The Joy of Christ’s Resurrection Metr. Philaret of New York. The holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, speaking in his Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ’s last farewell talk with His disciples, cites the Saviour’s words: “Ye now have