Metropolitan Philareth sends Easter greetings to Orthodox Christians

Metropolitan Philareth of Міnsk and Slutsk and the whole Belarus has extended his Easter greetings to Orthodox Christians in this country.  Apart from traditionals festive congratulations, Metropolitan Philareth said: "The time has come now when the challenges of the crisis have affected "the new world", built by the people without God. Greed and pride and excessive consumption have decieved its citizens. Millions of people around the world feel embarrasment and fear and internal emptiness".

The full text of Metropolitan's statement is available in Russian here