Prince Charles made a passionate Easter message on behalf of those who feel discriminated because of their faith.

“My heart goes out to all who this day, whatever their beliefs, are being persecuted on religious grounds,” he says in the four-minute-long message. “And at this time of Easter, when our minds are recalled to the suffering of Our Lord two thousand years ago, we think especially of those Christians who are suffering for their faith in many places around the world. I want to assure them that they are not forgotten and that they are in our prayers.”

“Over the years, I have met many who have had to flee for their faith and for their life – or have somehow endured the terrifying consequences of remaining in their country – and I have been so deeply moved, and humbled, by their truly remarkable courage and by their selfless capacity for forgiveness, despite all that they have suffered,” Charles continued in the video message. “I have also heard that in the darkness there are small shafts of light, signs of Resurrection and of hope that, slowly but surely, Christians who have had to flee from their homelands are beginning to return and to rebuild their shattered homes.”

Charles has made it a central part of his public life to support people of all faiths, and his office says the message is part of his ongoing dialogue with church leaders in the U.K.