"We are painfully watching the bloodshed in different parts of the world, the unbearable calamity. On the other hand, we taste evil in its everyday dimension. Loneliness, indifference to the fellow man, affliction, absence of meaning. The question sometimes becomes a cry. Why evil in the world;
We are urgently called to overthrow irrationality at every level of life. We must act. Pioneers in every effort for peace, In social actions, In every noble human mood, In every charity. In the person of Christ, man becomes the recipient of an infinite gift", points out, including, the Archbishop of Athens and all Greece Hieronymos in his Christmas message 2024, which addresses both the Holy Clergy and the Christ-named crew of the Holy Archdiocese of Athens. In more detail, the Christmas message of the Primate of the Hellenic Church:
My brothers and children in the Lord dear,
Angels' doxology for the birth of Christ the Savior culminated in finding and wishing for heavenly festival and earthly peace.
"Glory to the Most High God and on earth Peace".
God, "God of Peace" and "Father East" is emptied, takes over human nature without sin, To deify man.
However, is in the field exactly of human history that evil shows the power of. Unfair pursuits, exploitation and injustice, wars and pain. Victim always man.
We are suffering from pain in bloodshed in the various parts of the planet, the unbearable calamity. On the other hand, we taste evil in its everyday dimension. Loneliness, indifference to the fellow man, affliction, absence of meaning. The question sometimes becomes a cry. Why evil in the world;
We are urgently called to overthrow irrationality at every level of life. We must act. Pioneers in every effort for peace, In social actions, In every noble human mood, In every charity. In the face of Christ Man becomes an infinite donation.
In the heart of this donation lies the peace with God. Can man now exist as a stranger of self -esteem, of the philanthropy, of aggression. The road to peace with the brother is open. In this perspective the vision of a world peace may be regarded as the great and expected Christmas fruit.
Prayer and spiritual life is the crowning of our action. At this time is our big task. War with evil in the world requires to live in the way of Christ. It is the way testified by the mild cave and humble infancy. By the hostility of the cosmic power of the time and the path of refugee. How to humiliate and ultimately weakness, withdrawal of brother's pain. This is the path of fullness of existence, this is the work of the believer in the course of Creation towards the End and the Kingdom of God. "Let's see", so my brothers, "where Christ was born".
My brothers and children in the Lord dear,
Let's join forces in the fight against the absurd. Let our prayer and living in the Spirit be the tip of our journey. True peace comes from the Cave of Bethlehem. I wish everyone a truly blessed Christmas!
Christ is born, glorified!