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Do we ever feel that Christ came from the heavens to earth, with these most humble and poor conditions to exalt man from earth to heaven? “God become man so that Adam might become God“, notes St. Athanasius the Great. But, from God by grace, as St. Paul says, “we receive the sonship”.
Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov)
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Heaven and earth, angels and men, give praise together!"Glory to God to in the highest, and on earth peace and good will toward men!" How can we not rejoice in this day?In our fallen earthly world, in a humble cave today was born the Lord God, our Savior!
And today we celebrate an event which at its root has changed the entire course of human history. God enters the very depths of human life, he becomes one of us, he takes upon himself the weight of our sins, human infirmities and weaknesses – he brings them to Golgotha in order to free people from this unbearable burden. God henceforth is no longer to be found somewhere in the unattainable heavens, but is here, with us, among us.
Christmas message published in the official languages of a number of countries included in the canonical space of the Moscow Patriarchate, and some others.
Metropolitan Hilarion (Kapral)
With the simplicity of the shepherds, let us go to the cave in Bethlehem to worship the living God Who became a living Man. In other words, let us go to church bringing the Infant Christ the gift of warm tears of compunction, a heart enlivened with delight and boundless devotion; and to our neighbors and the needy – benefaction and love.