PATRIARCHAL ENCYCLICALFOR HOLY PASCHAProt. No. 257✠ B A R T H O L O M E WBy God’s MercyArchbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical PatriarchTo the Plenitude of the Church: May the Grace, Peace and Mercyof Christ Risen in Glory be with you AllVenerable brothers and beloved children in the Lord,Having run the course of the race of Holy and Great Lent in prayer and fasting, and having reached the