Beloved children in the Lord,<\/strong><\/p>\nToday our Holy Church celebrates the Nativity in the flesh of the pre-eternal Son and Word of God, this \u201cforeign and strange mystery\u201d that \u201cwas concealed from ages and from generations\u201d (Col. 1:26). In Christ, the truth about God and humankind is definitively revealed, as St. Cyril of Alexandria so theologically explains: \u201cWe are human by nature, but He condescended to what is contrary to divine nature for the sake of love and became man. We are servants of God by nature as His creation, but He became a servant once again, contrary to divine nature when He became man. But the reverse also holds true: He is God in essence, and we are, by grace, able to ascend to what is contrary to human nature. For we are human, and He is the Son by nature, yet we too become sons by status inasmuch as we are called to fellowship in Him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cKnow the truth, and the truth shall set you free\u201d (Jn. 8:32). Our Lord Jesus Christ is \u201cthe way and the truth and the life\u201d (Jn. 14:6), the liberator of man \u201cfrom enslavement to the enemy.\u201d There is no life and liberty without the Truth or outside the Truth. Giving any meaning we desire to our life is not freedom, but the contemporary version of original sin, our self-enclosure within self-sufficient and self-serving independence, without a perception for truth as a relationship with God and our fellow human beings. Christmas is the time for self-knowledge, for understanding the difference between \u201cGod becoming man\u201d and \u201cman acting as god.\u201d It is the time for awareness of the Christian teaching that \u201cwe do not speak of man becoming divine, but of God becoming human.\u201d<\/p>\n
The message of the good news about Christmas today echoes alongside the din of war and the clash of weapons in Ukraine, which is experiencing the horrible consequences of a provocative and unjust invasion. For us Christians, all wars are the murder of our brothers; they are all civil wars, which as the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church proclaimed, are \u201cthe result of the presence of evil and sin in the world.\u201d In the case of Ukraine, the words of St. Gregory Palamas about his contemporaneous bloody conflicts among Orthodox believers in Thessaloniki are still more relevant: \u201cFor their common nurturing mother is the holy Church and devotion, whose chief and perfecter is Christ, the genuine Son, who is not only our God, but who also deigned it appropriate to be our brother and Father.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the person of Christ, the \u201crecapitulation\u201d of all has been achieved, the emergence of unity within the human race and the sanctity of the human person, the opening of the way toward the \u201clikeness of God,\u201d and the revelation of the peace \u201cthat surpasses all understanding\u201d (Phil. 4:10). Christ is \u201cour peace\u201d (Eph. 2:14), and it is to Christ that the historic and emblematic Sacred Church of \u201cHoly Irene\u201d is dedicated in the City of Constantine.<\/p>\n
Our Savior blesses the \u201cpeacemakers,\u201d for \u201cthey shall be called children of God\u201d (Matt. 5:9); He promotes the notion of righteousness and love, even toward our enemies. In the Divine Liturgy, the Orthodox Church prays \u201cfor the peace from above\u201d and \u201cfor the peace of the whole world.\u201d And during the Liturgy of Basil the Great, we pray to and glorify the Giver of all good things: \u201cGrant us your peace and your love, Lord our God; for you have granted us all things.\u201d As recipients and supreme beneficiaries of all things from God, we are obliged more than anyone else to strive for peace in accordance with the scriptural: \u201cTo the one that has received much, more will be demanded\u201d (Lk. 12:48). In this sense, all that is enacted by Christians contrary to this principle does not primarily affect Christianity but rather those who live contrary to the divine commandments.
\nNever in the history of humankind has peace among peoples been a condition taken for granted. Instead, it was everywhere and always the result of inspired initiatives, of courage and self-sacrifice, of resistance to violence and rejection of war as a means of resolving differences, and a perpetual struggle for justice and protection of human dignity. Their contribution to peace and reconciliation constitutes the primary criterion for the credibility of religions. Within religious traditions, there are undoubtedly motivations not only for inner peace, but also for the advancement and establishment of societal peace and overcoming aggression in relations between people and nations. This is especially significant in our time when the position is maintained that peace will ensure due to economic development, a rise in living standards, and progress in science and technology through digital communication and the internet. We are convinced that there can be no peace among people and civilizations without peace among religions without dialogue and collaboration. Faith in God strengthens our effort for a world of peace and justice, even when that effort confronts humanly unsurpassable hurdles. At any rate, it is unacceptable for representatives of religions to preach fanaticism and fan the flames of hatred.<\/p>\n
Most reverend brothers and beloved children,
\nChrist is born; glorify Him. Christ is descending from the heavens; come and meet Him. Christ is on earth; rise up to greet Him! Adhering to the exhortation of our holy predecessor on the Throne of the Church of Constantinople, let us celebrate the nativity of the world\u2019s Savior with spiritual joy, \u201cnot in an earthly, but in a heavenly manner,\u201d avoiding \u201ceverything superfluous and unnecessary; especially when others \u2013 made of the same clay and combination \u2013 are suffering hunger and poverty.\u201d We pray that all of you may enjoy a prayerful and glorious Holy Twelve Days of Christmas, like a genuine fullness of time and radiance of the light of eternity. May the coming 2023 prove \u2013 by the goodness and grace of the Divine Word that became flesh for us and for our salvation \u2013 to be a period of peace, love, and solidarity, truly a year in the righteousness of our Lord!<\/p>\n
We wish you many blessed years!<\/p>\n
Christmas 2022<\/strong>
\n\u2020 BARTHOLOMEW of Constantinople<\/strong>
\nFervent supplicant of all before God<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prot. 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