Archbishop Joan has made his greeting on the occasion of Orthodox Easter. In a post on the official social media page of the Autocephalous Church of Albania, the Archbishop greets the faithful while also listing the challenges faced by societies today. "In the time we are living, we are confronting a new form of death: the numbness of indifference; the hardening of the heart; the spiritual drying up of a society that has forgotten God, not because it was forbidden, but because it chose to ignore Him. The clash of invisible beliefs continues to destroy visible lives. 'What does it profit a man to gain the whole world—Christ tells us—if he loses his own soul?' (Matthew 16:26). These words are more relevant than ever. We live in an era where man relentlessly pursues material goods, security, social status, and yet feels emptier, lonelier, more unfulfilled, and more troubled than ever. While the Resurrection reveals a great truth: whoever has Christ in his heart lacks nothing. And not only spiritually," he states. The full greeting: Let us pause at the first words that the Risen Christ said when He appeared before His disciples. He did not tell them 'victory,' nor 'glory,' nor 'power,' but said: 'Peace be with you' (John 20:19). He entered the room where they were locked away by fear and gave them what the world can never give: a peace that does not depend on conditions, on geopolitical balances, on human agreements, but the peace of God that surpasses all understanding (Philippians 4:7), a deep spiritual peace, which comes first from man's reconciliation with God and then extends to all people. Today the world is troubled. Bloody wars continue to cause death and suffering. Fear of tomorrow covers entire peoples. Uncertainty knocks everywhere. In the midst of this storm, the Risen Christ repeats: 'Peace be with you.' This is not simply a social courtesy greeting, but an ontological reality. Death has been defeated. And, if death has been defeated, then what can trouble us anymore? The peace of Christ is not the absence of problems; it is the presence of God within the problems. On the Cross of Golgotha, Christ faced all the passions of humanity. The greed for money betrayed Him through Judas. Envy handed Him over to Pilate. Fearful and corrupt power condemned Him. Pride mocked Him. Hatred nailed Him to the Cross. All passions exploded upon Him with fury, as if the world wanted to kill God Himself. And yet, on the Cross, precisely where evil thought it triumphed, Christ did not seek revenge. He cried out: 'Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do' (Luke 23:34). With these words He did not merely defeat death. He defeated the vicious cycle of evil. He defeated the logic of revenge that fuels every war, every hatred, every dark clash in history. The Resurrection testifies that love is stronger than death; that forgiveness destroys evil, while revenge multiplies it. The Risen Christ did not come to punish His crucifiers. He came to save them and bring them peace. And this is the greatest victory in history. II In the time we are living, we are confronting a new form of death: the numbness of indifference; the hardening of the heart; the spiritual drying up of a society that has forgotten God, not because it was forbidden, but because it chose to ignore Him. The clash of invisible beliefs continues to destroy visible lives. 'What does it profit a man to gain the whole world—Christ tells us—if he loses his own soul?' (Matthew 16:26). These words are more relevant than ever. We live in an era where man relentlessly pursues material goods, security, social status, and yet feels emptier, lonelier, more unfulfilled, and more troubled than ever. While the Resurrection reveals a great truth: whoever has Christ in his heart lacks nothing. And not only spiritually. The God who cared to feed five thousand with five loaves, the God who turned water into wine, the God who said 'seek first the kingdom of God and all these things shall be added unto you' (Matthew 6:33), this God does not leave His children without necessities. He cares for both the body and the soul; He gives both bread and peace. Fullness is not found in the accumulation of wealth, but in connection with the Creator. Only in Him can we find peace, because only He is our peace (Ephesians 2:14). We know what Resurrection means. Not only theoretically, but from lived experience. Our Orthodox Church went through its own Golgotha. For decades in a row, attempts were made to erase every trace of faith. Churches were destroyed, clergy were martyred, the word 'God' was forbidden. The Church seemed dead, buried in a sealed tomb. And yet, it was resurrected. The stone was rolled away. Faith blossomed again from the ruins. Churches were rebuilt. Communities were recreated. This was not a human achievement, it was the power of the Risen Christ working within history. III The Church calls again for Resurrection—this time for the Resurrection of every soul. The Risen Christ stands before us today, as He stood before Thomas, and shows us His wounds. He does not hide them. He does not remove them. He bears them forever upon Himself, as eternal proof of love. These wounds say: 'I loved you so much, that I accepted the heaviest pain for you.' Every person, every soul, is so unique, so irreplaceable, that God would come even if it were for just one man. Dear brothers and sisters! In this troubled world, we need only one certainty: Christ is risen and lives. And if Christ lives, we also live. And if we live in Christ, then neither death, nor evil, nor poverty, nor persecution can separate us from His love and His peace. The day of the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ—writes Saint John Chrysostom—is the foundation of peace. Because from the Resurrection of Christ comes the Peace of God. The Resurrection and the Peace of God is not an abstract dogma, but a personal call. Let us respond, therefore, to the call: 'Peace be with you' with our whole life. Let us become peacemakers ourselves in a world that is being destroyed by hatred, greed, and selfishness. But, to become peacemakers, we must first have peace within us. Make peace in your heart—says Saint Seraphim of Sarov—and thousands around you will be saved. Because there is no peace where there is evil, but only where God is present. Let us find this peace of God in our hearts and then spread it everywhere, together with the joyful news that Christ is Risen and gave the world life and eternal peace. With love in the Risen Lord, Joan, Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania