Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov)
Let us not stray from the joy of our meeting with the Infant Child Christ, let us carry in our hearts the fire of saving grace to our friends and family, let us bring tidings of great joy to all the world.
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Today, as we contemplate the mystery of the incarnation of God, we strive to understand what the meaning of this event is that happened two thousand years ago in Bethlehem and what relationship it has to us and our contemporaries.
Archpriest Alexander Shargunov
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Our Lord is born today, let us rejoice and be glad! No one may be sad today no matter what sorrow there be, no matter what losses we have suffered, because today is a festival of life for everyone.
Hieromonk Job (Gumerov)
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The term in the Russian Church for the day before the feast of the Nativity of the Lord as well as before the feast of the Theophany is sochelnik or sochevnik.
W. F. Dawson
One writer thus quipped that Puritanism is defined as a “stinking feeling that someone, somewhere is happy.” Fierce haters of all things “Catholic,” the Puritans set about to outlaw Christmas. But their efforts were was a signal failure. The birth of the Great King was celebrated by angels and shepherds. Men and nations cannot but rejoice.