Accept, father, congratulations from the heart
Merry Christmas.
Do not be disturbed by sadness and doubt,
Let the soul be filled with love and warmth.
May the Lord with his great power
It protects you from any trouble,
So that the years only bring joy,
Around so that there is more kindness.
I ask your blessing on this great bright holiday and I congratulate you, Father, on Merry Christmas. And let nothing, no one ever be able to interfere with the true service of God, good preaching and resistance to everything dashing. I wish you a life as blessed as this holiday, I wish you good health like your faith.
Bless Father. I want to wish you a Merry Christmas and sincerely wish you peace, prosperity in our land, kindness in the hearts of our people, strong faith and bright hope for all of us. May a miracle happen in every home today, may God always be with you. Hello to you, Father, strong strength and joyful days of a happy life.
I congratulate you on a bright Christmas,
May the Lord always help you,
Let your soul be filled with warmth
May God send you health!
I wish you on this holy day,
So that troubles all go away,
May the whole world be shrouded in kindness
So that we all always live in the world!
Father, I congratulate you
With all my heart I am Merry Christmas,
May the Lord strengthen you
In your service as a saint.
I wish you peace, health,
Open hearts for faith
Always with hope and love
Let your eyes shine.
Let there be harmony in the soul
Let the flock heed you sensitively,
I wish you a beautiful fuse
In a huge soul it did not go out.
Father, you Merry Christmas
Congratulations to Christ,
Let the light of the Christmas star
The path of faith illuminates.
Humbly ask for us
God has you forgiveness
To bestow on sinful souls
Lord blessing.
May the bright holiday of Christmas
Gives goodness and joy,
May in our souls and hearts
He strengthens faith.
I wish you a Merry Christmas! May the Lord keep from troubles, the heart will be filled with joy and good will reign on earth! May faith grow, prayers will be heard and your sleep will always be calm!
We know - the Nativity of Christ
Always speaks volumes.
We congratulate you from the bottom of our hearts!
May the Lord be pleased with you.
And let him send you patience,
So that you can easily carry the service
And so that his blessing
You have found in every business.
So that you serve him faithfully.
And they were saved from sins,
We wish that the saint
And all life was righteous.
I wish you well on Christmas
And God's blessing!
May God be your home
Keeps you from troubles, giving salvation!
May peace, health and love
He will send you this holiday!
May faith grow again and again
After all, God always leads to good!
Merry Christmas I congratulate you
From the bottom of my heart, Father.
I wish you stay
A comforter of hearts.
May the Lord help you,
Let it give you strength,
Every new day let joy
Let it carry your flock.
Beloved in the Lord, all-honorable fathers, God-loving monks and nuns, dear brothers and sisters!
I congratulate you on the world-saving and joyful day of Christmas in the flesh of the Lord God and our Savior Jesus Christ!
The Nativity of the Savior is an event of a universal scale. They open not only the first pages of the New Testament, but also the beginning of our era itself. The coming into the world of the Savior forever changed the relationship between God and man, but what is more admirable, it changed the man himself, his heart, the mood of his whole life.
If in the era of the Old Testament even pious people experienced an overwhelming feeling of God-forsakenness, longing for the lost Paradise, then with the onset of the New Testament era the word “joy” became the main word.
“Rejoice,” exclaims the angel of the Lord to the Most Pure Virgin, predicting Her the birth of the Divine Son (Luke 1:28).
“I proclaim to you the great joy that will be for all people,” the angel addresses the shepherds on the night of Christmas (Luke 2:10).
After His resurrection from the dead, the first word that the Lord speaks to the apostles was: "Rejoice!" (Matt. 28: 9).
Joy is, first of all, a manifestation of love, evidence of the action of the grace of the Holy Spirit in a person's heart. The Gospel teaches us that joy and love are the main signs of a correct spiritual life (John 13:35). But in life there is joy, and sorrow, and fun, and sadness. Sometimes it is even easier for us to believe that life is full of suffering, deception, and disappointment than joy. Nevertheless, the apostle Paul urges us: “Always rejoice in the Lord” (Phil. 4: 4).
This means - always rejoice that the Lord Jesus Christ came into this world for us, that He always loves us and is always present with us.
In the Sacraments of the Church and, above all, in Holy Communion, we are given this real experience of the joy of communion with Christ. From here comes the joy of our heart, which changes a person's mindset, his personal life and even the world... The Primate of our Church, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, speaks about this: “The main concern of the Church is the human heart, the inner state of man. If a person changes for the better, the whole world will change. "
This means that if a person's heart does not change for the better, if it runs away from God, changes Him, the world around such a person will inevitably change too. Only this change, no matter how beautifully presented, will sooner or later turn into a disaster.
It happened 100 years ago, when revolutionary events led to the collapse Russian Empire, the political humiliation of our country in the First World War, the subsequent economic impoverishment and fratricidal battle.
It is important to remember that the real cause of the revolution was the very change that took place in our people, who thought in their hearts that “there is no God” (Psalm 13: 1). From the very first days, revolutionary changes were accompanied by godless campaigns and sacrilege. The result of this madness was not only blown up temples, but also millions of destroyed lives.
A century has passed. However, traces of that spiritual catastrophe are still visible today. Don't we meet today the same godless demagoguery, covered with fashionable slogans? Are we not witnesses of how we are made to believe that moral concepts are a relative matter, and the emancipation of human passions is an unconditional good? Do they not impose on us the idea that multicultural politics is a civilized norm, and that the introduction of children to the spiritual foundations of Russian culture is a violation of universal norms?
Unfortunately, it is too early to write off the lessons of a century ago to the history archive. All the same attempts to divide our people, to deprive them of their spiritual core, religious identity, and internal unity are repeated. Therefore, the words of the President of Russia are so important that: "Not only historians and scientists, but the entire Russian society needs an objective, honest, in-depth analysis of these events." If we do not draw moral, spiritual, personal conclusions from the lessons of the past century, the world may again plunge into even greater chaos. For, according to the word of the Savior, “the last will be worse than the first” (Matthew 12:45).
On the days of the Nativity of Christ, I appeal to you to keep your inner purity, to be faithful to your civic duty and Christian vocation, not to be seduced by the old slogans of new liars, but to lay the foundation of your life in Christ, testifying that only a change of human heart can give rise to real changes in life. And only God can change a person's heart! This is the source of our lasting joy. Other changes follow from here: political, economic, social, ethical, cultural. To understand the meaning of this truth is to learn the lesson of the 20th century.
Always rejoice, my dears! Christ always hurries to us, He holds our hand, He walks with us throughout our life, whatever it may be. He is our Savior, He is our joy, and on the night of His Nativity we again hear the voice of Heaven: “Behold, I declare to you the joy that will be to all people” (Luke 2:10).
Happy Nativity of Christ, brothers and sisters!
+ MERCURY,metropolitan of Rostov and Novocherkassk, Head of the Don Metropolis
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The special message of the Patriarch is considered significant, programmatic, in it the Primate sums up the total of the past year in Russia and the world. It also reminds Russians of what a great, spiritually important holiday we are approaching.
"Right Reverend Archpastors,
venerable fathers,
honorable monks and nuns,
dear brothers and sisters!
To all of you living in different countries, cities and towns, but constituting the United Russian Orthodox Church, I appeal to this holy night and heartily congratulate you on the world-saving holiday of the Nativity of Christ. I heartily greet you, my dears, and prayerfully wish that we all be filled with spiritual joy from joint participation in this great celebration and enjoy the feast of faith, as sons and daughters of God and friends of Christ (John 15:15).
Today, contemplating the mystery of the Incarnation, we strive to understand what is the meaning of the event that took place two thousand years ago in Bethlehem, and what relation it has to us and our contemporaries.
The Holy Apostle Paul writes: "When the fullness of time came, God sent His Son (Only Begotten), Who was born of a wife, obeyed the law in order to redeem the subordinates, in order for us to receive adoption" (Gal. 4: 4-5). And what preceded this fullness of time? The entire history of mankind before the birth of Christ is, in fact, the history of the search for God, when the best minds tried to understand who is the source of that supernatural power, the presence of which in life is somehow felt by every person.
On the path of seeking God, people, trying to find the truth, fell into all kinds of delusions. But neither the primitive fear of man before the formidable phenomena of nature, nor the deification of natural elements, idols, and sometimes himself, nor even those few insights that illuminated the pagan philosophers, led people to the true God. And “when the world did not know God by its wisdom” (Cor. 1:21), He deigned Himself to condescend to people. With spiritual eyes, we contemplate the great mystery of piety: the Creator becomes like creation, takes on human nature, undergoes humiliation, dies on the cross and is resurrected. All this surpasses human understanding and is a miracle that reveals the fullness of God's Revelation to people about Himself.
Christ was born - and the world found hope, Christ was born - and love reigns forever, Christ was born - and heaven bowed to the ground, Christ was born - and the Star of Bethlehem indicates the wrong path to God, Christ was born - and let no one believe in the triumph of evil, for we are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from us, God's gift (Eph. 2: 8).
Expecting and foreseeing the coming of the Messiah, the prophet Isaiah exclaims: "God is with us!" (Isa. 8, 10). His inspired words are still a source of ineffable joy for millions of Christians. Born in Bethlehem, the Lord is born in our hearts and abides with us if we remain faithful to Him and the Church founded by Him. He is with us when we do good deeds. He is with us when we help our neighbors. He is with us when we have compassion and sympathy. He is with us when we reconcile those at war. He is with us when we forgive and do not remember evil. He is with us when we pray and participate in the Church Sacraments, especially in the Sacrament of Thanksgiving, the Holy Eucharist.
The Feast of the Nativity of Christ tells us about the most important thing: we are called to learn to love God and serve Him, our Savior, the One who gave this salvation to all nations and for all times, who now extends His arms to each of us. Acquiring the skill of true reverence for God and reverent standing before Him, we at the same time learn to serve our neighbors, showing faith that works with love (Gal. 5: 6).
And little remains for us to complete - to respond to the action of the saving grace of God with our obedience, our trust in the words of the Lord, our desire to fulfill His commandments. If we assimilate this great truth, then a lot will change not only in ourselves, but also around us. We will be able to correctly set value priorities, we will be able to walk peacefully, calmly and confidently along the road of life foreseen for us from above, giving praise and thanks to God.
And in order to achieve such a state of mind, we must be Orthodox people not only by sociological polls, but by our deep convictions and by way of life, as our pious ancestors were ardently believing and loving people of God. Among these, a special place is occupied by the Baptist of Russia, the saint Equal to the Apostles and grand Duke Vladimir. We will celebrate the 1000th anniversary of his blissful death this year. It is to him that we owe the fact that we are the bearers of a high Christian title and in the aggregate make up a single family of Orthodox fraternal peoples historical Russia... So it was, and is, and will be. And no temporary worries and trials, no external forces can break these centuries-old spiritual and cultural ties of the heirs of the Kiev baptismal font.
On these holy Christmas days, the prayers of the entire church fullness and my fervent prayer for peace in the Ukrainian land. Regardless of the place of residence of its children, their political views or preferences, the Russian Orthodox Church performs the responsible mission that Christ Himself entrusted to It (Matt. 5, 9). She has done and is doing everything possible in order to reconcile people and help them overcome the consequences of hostility.
At the heart of all opposition, hatred and division is sin. He, in the words of the Monk Justin of Chely, "does one thing with all his might: he deheeds and dehumanizes man" (Venerable Justin (Popovich), Philosophical Abyss). And we see in what hellish state a person sometimes finds himself who has lost the dignity given by the Creator.
The Church, on behalf of God, tirelessly proclaiming to people the great joy (Luke 2, 10) about the birth of the Savior, calls on every earthly person to believe and change for the better. It offers the path of ascent: from seeking God - to God-knowing, from God-knowing - to communion with God, from communion to God-likeness. St. Athanasius the Great, who lived in Alexandria in the 4th century, expressed in stunning words the purpose of the Savior's coming into the world: "God became man so that man might become God." Not by nature, but by Divine grace. All the centuries-old experience of the Church testifies: true transformation, deification is accomplished by the action of grace through the voluntary collaboration of God and man. And it is achieved by labor, in obedience to the Creator, and not by accepting the devilish temptation of the serpent, which invited our ancestors to partake of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and immediately become like gods (Genesis 3, 5). Everyone who lives by faith knows that it is faithfulness to God that keeps him from evil deeds and thoughts, that it is faith that inspires him to deeds and labors for the glory of God and for the good of his neighbors.
Congratulating all of you on the great holiday of the Nativity of Christ and the New Year, I would like to heartily wish you good health, peace, prosperity and generous help from above in the unstoppable march behind our Lord and Savior.
But the God of all grace, who has called us into His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, Himself ... may he perfect you, may he strengthen, may strengthen, may make you unshakable. To Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen (1 Peter 5, 10-11).
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Christmas is one of the main Christian holidays, established in honor of the birth of Jesus Christ from the Virgin Mary. The Russian Orthodox Church and other churches using the Julian calendar celebrate it on January 7th.
However, the Christmas liturgy is only the peak of the New Year's services. "Forefeast" or "five days" begins long before the liturgy and is crowned on Christmas Eve. On the night before Christmas, Russians gather for All-night vigil, and after the onset of Christmas, common prayers continue for another week.
Nativity Epistle from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to archpastors, pastors, monastics and all faithful children of the Russian Orthodox Church.
God's love for us was revealed in
that God sent His Only Begotten Son into the world,
so that we can receive life through Him.
(1 John 4: 9)
Eminent archpastors, venerable fathers, honorable monks and nuns, dear brothers and sisters!
From a heart filled with joy about the Son of God who appeared in the flesh, I appeal to you all and congratulate you on the bright and life-giving holiday of the Nativity of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will in men!" (Luke 2:14). Glorifying from year to year the inexpressible condescension of the Savior to us, we, as once the shepherds of Bethlehem, who heard from the Angel "Great joy that will be for all people" (Luke 2:10), we hasten with spiritual eyes to behold the Messiah, whose coming was predicted by the glorious prophets and many many men and women awaited.
And so Desired, according to the prophet Haggai, by all peoples (Hag. 2: 7) humiliates Himself, assuming the form of a slave, becoming like humans(Phil. 2: 7). The ruler of the universe chooses for himself not the imperial palace, not the dwelling of the rulers of this world, not the palace of the rich and noble. There is no place for him even in the hotel. The Son of God is born in a cave for livestock, and a manger for feeding animals serves as a cradle.
What is poorer than a cave, and what is more humble than the shroud in which the riches of the Divine shone? Having chosen the last poverty for the Sacrament of our salvation (Ipakoi feast), Christ deliberately does not accept those values \u200b\u200bthat are considered very significant in our world: power, wealth, fame, noble birth and social status. He offers us another law of life, the law of humility and love, conquering pride and malice. According to this law, human weakness, combined with the grace of God, becomes that strength that cannot be resisted by those who have this power and might in the world. The power of God manifests itself not in earthly greatness and worldly well-being, but in simplicity and humility of the heart.
By word reverend Seraphim Sarovsky, “The Lord is looking for a heart filled with love for God and neighbor, - this is the throne on which He loves to sit ...“ Son, give Me your heart, - He says, - and I will add everything else to you, ”because in a human heart it can fit Kingdom of God " (Conversation about the purpose of the Christian life). The Lord does not disdain the poor and homeless, does not despise those who have little money and low-profile work, and, moreover, He does not neglect those who have physical disabilities or seriously ill people. All this by itself does not bring a person closer and away from God, and therefore should not plunge him into despondency or become the cause of destructive despair. The Savior is looking for ourselves. My son! My daughter! give me your heart, - He calls (Prov. 23:26).
The wonderful holiday of Christmas reminds us of the need to unswervingly follow Christ, who came so that we may have life and have abundant (John 10:10), and who Himself is the only true path and immutable truth and true life (John 14: 6). And may the inevitable difficulties we encounter not frighten us, and may the trials that fall to our lot not break any of us, for God is with us! God is with us, and fear leaves our lives. God is with us, and we find peace of mind and joy. God is with us, and we make our earthly pilgrimage with firm hope in Him.
Walking after Christ, man goes against the elements of this world. He does not submit to the temptations he meets and decisively breaks down the obstacles of sin that stand in the way. After all, it is sin that separates us from God and makes our life truly bitter. It is he who, blocking the light of Divine love, plunges us into many different calamities and hardens our hearts in relation to other people. Sin is conquered only by the grace of the Holy Spirit, which is given to us through the Church. The power of God, being perceived by us, transforms our inner world and helps, in accordance with the will of the Lord, change the outer world. And therefore those who fall away in one way or another from the unity of the Church lose, like a dying tree, the ability to bear truly good fruits.
I would like to address a special word to the people of Ukraine today. The fratricidal confrontation that arose on the Ukrainian land should not divide the children of the Church, sowing hatred in their hearts. A true Christian cannot hate those who are near or far. "You heard,- the Lord turns to those who heed Him, - what is said: love your neighbor and hate your enemy. And I say to you: love your enemies ... that you be sons of your Father in Heaven, for He commands His sun to rise over the evil and the good. " (Matt. 5: 43-45). May these words of the Savior be a guide for all of us in life, and may anger and dislike for others never take place in our souls.
I call upon all children of the multinational Russian Orthodox Church to pray solemnly for the speedy complete end of hostility in Ukraine, for the healing of the wounds, both physical and mental, inflicted on people by the war. We will sincerely ask God for this both in church and at home; we will also pray for those Christians who live far from our countries and suffer from armed conflicts.
On this same Christmas radiant night and the following holy days, let us praise and exalt our Savior and Lord, who favored many things for the sake of His humanity to come into the world. Like the biblical wise men, let us bring our gifts to the Infant Christ of God: instead of gold - our sincere love, instead of incense - warm prayer, instead of myrrh - a kind and caring attitude towards those near and far.
Once again, congratulating all of you, my dear ones, on the bright holiday of Christmas, as well as on the coming New Year, I prayerfully wish you abundant mercies and bounties from the Great Lord Jesus. Amen.
+ KIRILL, PATRIARCH OF MOSCOW AND ALL RUSSIA
Nativity
moscow city
Today, January 7, the entire Orthodox world celebrates the bright holiday of the Nativity of Christ. On this night, the hearts of believers are filled with love for our Creator and for all living things. Head of Russian orthodox Church, annually congratulates all parishioners on this celebration. And this year, 2016, Patriarch Kirill addressed all believers with a festive speech.
The Church calls on believers to remember not only about material difficulties, but also about spiritual trials. In 2016, she reminds us of the importance of following the gospel covenants. The previous year was difficult enough for our entire country, both from a secular point of view, and for parishioners. His Holiness the Patriarch, as in previous years, reminds us all that it is impossible to replace the lofty meaning inherent in this holiday with exclusively worldly concerns. They should be organically combined, complementing each other: the festive table - with spiritual food and sincere prayer.
The Lord, having come to the Earth, changed her. In 2016, when we may face a variety of trials, even being a skeptic, it is important to remember that our fickle, harsh and sometimes bloody world we can change together. You cannot change history by relying only on God, because God also trusts in us. He gives us the opportunity to overcome sin in ourselves, to strive for a good, happy, eternal life in righteousness and happiness. Through his son, whose birth we all celebrate annually on January 7, the Lord reminds us of this connection of each with Heaven. By strengthening this connection, any believer parishioner of the Orthodox Church will make his life happier by taking the path of truth and enlisting the support of Heaven.
Through Christ, we are all children of God. We are introduced to holiness and goodness through the traditions of Baptism and Communion. The touch of the divine world can be felt through strong prayer or a church ceremony, and then even an inveterate materialist will not have doubts or skeptical words about the truth of God. The bright day on which the Savior came to Earth does not need to be turned into disputes about the divine nature. First of all, it is important to be kinder, learn to forgive each other and not do evil to anyone.
Remember the power of prayer when congratulating one another. In 2016, it is important to be one with God and not separate from each other. Look to the Saints for patronage requests, and the next year will be a happy and successful year for you. And don't forget to press the buttons and
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