Before the worship of tradition in the temple was taken to the Holy Fire, which are present in the temple lit their candles. The delegation headed by Chairman of Board of Trustees ap. Andrew V. Yakunin brought the Holy Fire in the evening on April 18 a special flight to Moscow from Jerusalem.
The singing verses "Resurrection, O Christ our Savior" around the Cathedral of Christ the Savior was committed procession, which headed the Primate of the Russian Church.
This year's celebratory first read the Gospel in 18 languages. His Holiness the Patriarch began to read in Greek and Latin, then sosluzhaschee clergy continued to read the Jewish, Aramaic, Slavic, Russian, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Ukrainian, Moldavian, Estonian, Latvian, Serbian, Mordvin and Chinese.
After the prayer before the Ambo Holy Lord blessed Artos, but at the end of the service requested all those present with the words of the Easter greetings.
"The Lord is risen from the dead and the power of His resurrection defeated evil, - said the Primate. - It's so important to understand each one of us. "
His Holiness the Patriarch said: sometimes it seems to us that evil prevails and evil people triumph. "We feel the Lord touching evil, he feels our faith, our loyalty because His resurrection He has overcome all evil" - The primate continued, noting that the evil which exists today in the world - a temporary one.
"He who with Christ, one more hell" - said in conclusion, His Holiness the Patriarch, who graduated from Paschal greeting cry of "Christ is Risen!»