Christmas message from Metropolitan Mark of Ryazan and Mikhailovskytranslated

Christmas message

Metropolitan Mark of Ryazan and Mikhailovsky,

Governor of the Western European Exarchate and Korsun Diocese

Dear brothers and sisters!

I cordially congratulate you all on the occasion of the Nativity of Christ!

The Lord came into this world to transform it and save it. Speaking about our Savior, we usually quote the Gospel, remember the Divine wisdom of the Lord and His teaching. However, the very fact of the Birth of Christ on earth is already a message to this world. A message so eloquent that without a single word it forever changed the course of human life.

The Lord comes to earth in obscurity, in a poor, wretched cave, surrounded by dumb animals. By such circumstances of His Birth, Christ devalues ​​everything that people are accustomed to consider important - fame, wealth, high status. On the contrary, the Lord shows the world completely different ideals - humility and voluntary poverty. And most importantly, through His Incarnation, God shows boundless love for our sinful world. He is born to die for the entire human race, for each of us.

Let us, dear brothers and sisters, as we walk our path on earth, try to perceive...