To the celebrant Christians, living and visiting the blessed islands of our Holy Metropolis

My dear children,
On this world-saving and world-historical night, while still in our ears echoes the otherworldly angelic Hymn "Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, in human well-being",…..

our thought follows the star and our soul hastens to worship the cave-born and manger-born Son and Word of God.

We hasten to worship Him, who came into the world "to preach the glad tidings of salvation to the poor, to heal the broken by sin, to proclaim liberty to the captives, to give the blind the light of truth, to give forgiveness to sinners, to comfort the bereaved and herald the beginning of a new era", with the hope that this year's commemoration of His Birth will be for all of us, for each one separately, but also for our Homeland, the principle of Redemption from our personal and collective sins, the beginning of a new era, worthy of the traditions and struggles of our Genus!

 

You shouldn't, Nevertheless, the path of our thought to stop at Bethlehem! We must continue our mental journey into the depths of History, and to attend to the plan of the divine economy for the redemption of the human race, so, exactly as it is recorded in the holy and divinely inspired texts of the Holy Bible, tracing the word of God's coming to earth, starting from the beginnings of Dimourgia.

Let's dive in, Well, into the depths of history and let's look for the footsteps of the Protoplasts in Paradise, at the time of disobedience, of their expulsion and their entrance into the world of sin, of decay and death, let us follow the course of God's people in the wilderness, who was heading from the land of slavery to the land of Promise, there, where the Prophets announced the coming of Christ.

Let us walk in the indelible traces of the steps of the Virgin Mother and the Mentor Joseph from Nazareth to Bethlehem, to establish that throughout the historical course of mankind, from "Genesis" to "Birth", God is watching man, educates him and finally saves him!

“when the time was up, God sent, from heaven to earth, His Son, who was born of a woman and willingly submitted to the Mosaic Law, to redeem and redeem those who were under the curse of the Law, to receive God's adoption again", and thus the history of God met the history of man, so as to bridge the chaotic distance between them.

My brothers, today,
«…the newest of everything is done, the only new thing under the sun, through which the infinity of God appears in power.
After all, what is greater than God becoming a man;»

Christ came into the world to bring peace, the "peace from above", "world peace". He came to reconcile, to pacify, to unite man with God, his neighbor but also with himself and thus complete the plan of our salvation.

We experience the completion of this plan within the Church, who continues His work throughout the ages, the members of Ovia, we, we foretaste the glory of the Kingdom of God and prepare the way for its total domination on earth!

My blessed Christians! Despite the apparent triumph of evil, of hatred and cruelty in history, in the end what prevails is the power of love. And this power is enormous, because it has its source the very source of Love, Christ. That God takes on human nature and becomes flesh, reveals the magnitude of his love and charity, but also the abolition of the forces of evil.

Let's dive in, Well, this saving and hopeful message, which springs from the cave of Bethlehem, which we wish permeates our being, to light up our lives, to guide our steps and give us strength, faith, patience and hope to face the everyday victoriously, many and, humanly intractable, our problems!
Happy Birthday, my beloved spiritual children!
Blessed and peaceful!

Syros, Of Tinos, Andros, Keas, Μήλου, Mykonos, Kythnos, Sheriff,

Sifnos, Kimolos, Folegandros, Delos, Long Island & Sikinou