"For God so loved the world,
that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life"
(Jn 3.16).

 

Beloved pious people!

Today our hearts are jubilant gospel Christmas and are full of praise, in order to take povitogo cloths and lay in a manger babe born in Bethlehem. This is - the Son of God who became incarnate, the promised Savior, who came into this world. He came to save us from sin, free from the power of evil, trample death.

Is infinite, our joy, our salvation, the Lord gave us an update soul reborn life, so we marched to God, the Creator of life, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish but have life eternal.

Today the mystery of love and mercy of God stands out above the transitory world of vanity, above time. All homage to this boundless love, under the prophet's words: gullies filled with mountains and hills straightened up and became smooth, the rock turned into a valley, and the reigns grace of salvation (cf. Is. 40:4), which was the world with babies.

The same true love with which Christ appeared, he rallied his people, so were the sons of God, children of the kingdom. His family - the Holy Church of Christ adopted the commandment of love, on the miraculous power, according to which people are not strangers to one another, but related. "For all will know that you are My disciples, if ye have love one another" (Jn 13:35), - says the Lord. In whom there is love, that - a follower of God, he performs the saving will of God.

Love for God and each other will bring peace and solidarity to the world, living many anxieties, eliminate violations of the rights of people, nations, the destruction of their sacred sites and spiritual values. Such love must overcome poverty, disease, disasters caused by grief and loss. Light a love of the world must renew the earth - a heaven, God - to praise human life.

Beloved pious people!

Christ of His divine love coming today may dwell in our hearts, our families, so that the gifts of salvation, pouring in families and passed on in life and gave abundant and good fruit.

Faith, hope and love ferment and grow stronger in the family of a man in a free, warm and family atmosphere native grows and matures to goodness and perfection. God created and blessed the family that it was built, grew and multiplied in love and display the glory of God, God's presence and care of God's creation and all people. The family intended to continue God's creation and to protect the image of God created image of the human soul. In this, my family is sacred vocation, she is a teacher, conductor and the bearer of the divine commandments, on which the Lord gave life and build relations of neighbor, man and God. It was brought up in family values are evident and real place in life. No matter what value was attached to the family, no matter what was taught in its direct or indirect means, honesty or deceit, benevolence or envy, hate, or kindness, malice or contempt for charity and philanthropy - all impact on public life. "If people are progressing, then his first step comes from the family hearth, - wrote the Catholicos of All Armenians Khrimyan Hayrik and continues. - If you educate, its light - a family of lamps, if united, its spirit and communication - is a family and if gaining strength, his strength and power - is the family, if rich, his treasury and the treasurer - a family and if his house is rich and table abundant, prolific field - a family.

Today, in promoting the progress and achievements of modern life, unfortunately, continue to grow their families facing problems. Remains disturbing not only physical difficulties, but which find place in family violence and misunderstanding, the preservation of family holiness, peace and solidarity in the family. Today in our life gets, and sometimes even legitimized by a distorted perception of the family. Refute the God of the holy order of marriage between a man and woman and honor to reap the happiness in the God-given love of procreation. We can not consider this acceptable and remain indifferent to these realities of rejecting God, as if "modern" they sounded, no matter how many were under the guise of democratic values and human rights. Today it is necessary that the family as the man himself, appreciated and valued in her God-given vocation and image, and remains a true testimony of God's love for people.

Beloved pious Armenian people in Armenia, Artsakh and the Diaspora!

Members of the family of God and we are - children of the Armenian people, bearing the seal of the Holy Echmiadzin. Over the centuries, despite the deadly storms and horrors of our history we have remained steadfast through the reigns in the life of the Armenian family faith. Armenian family - it turned into a temple of our small house, whose prayer was consolidated intangible mess of our spiritual and national life and the foundation of our state. Armenian family - is the first school and first teacher dushesozidayuschih values. Armenian family - is a small homeland, where he lives the memory of ancestors, and no loss of the legacy of their fathers, where the happy and eternal Armenian soul. Let us keep our families strong in the faith, inexhaustible hope and a strong love to the joint life of our great spiritual family - the Armenian Church refreshed and prospered saving grace of the Lord, that abundant blessings embodied desires and aspirations of our big house - the Armenian homeland. Motherland - is the anchor of our hope, the guarantee of a free, secure, prosperous life, our future is - our God-given home that unites our nation. The family love is natural, the law - solidarity, are dominated by a desire to help each other, are naturally divide sadness with each other, enjoy each other's joys. Beloved, our children, this is a blessed way, Kojima, we must build our prosperous life in Armenia, Artsakh and the Diaspora, to overcome internal and external challenges, to protect the right of self-determination of Artsakh, our Justice of the Armenian Question, good facilities jointly establish relations with all countries, all people, making our contribution to the cause of building a better world. This - the blessed path, Kojima we are made worthy to reach our heavenly home with God the Father, the grace of the only begotten Son, and the leadership of the Holy Spirit. Yes dwell in faith, hope and love, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life" (Jn 3.16).

Dusheobnovlyayuschego On the occasion of Christmas and the Epiphany of our Lord and Savior, Jesus commanded to love our brother dobropozhelaniya helmet and ask for abundant gifts of the Holy Spirit spiritual Primates of the sister Churches, the heads of hierarchy the thrones of our Holy Apostolic Church: Catholicos of Cilicia, His Holiness Aram I, His Beatitude Patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop Torgom Manukyan, His Beatitude the Patriarch of Constantinople Mesrob Moutafian. We bring our patriarchal blessings and love of faithful clergy of our Church and outstretched in peace to our entire nation.

With Christmas and gospel, seeking to assist God, bring greetings to the President of the Republic of Armenia Mr. Serzh Sargsyan, President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan lord, all the men of the state, heads and representatives of diplomatic missions accredited in Armenia.

In this blagovestny and blessed day, my beloved pious people, prayed, that heavenly inextinguishable beacon of light the star of Bethlehem lit our way and dispel the darkness, our Lord Jesus ever was led and blessed the whole world, our lives and every effort for the sake of our country, sprawled on the world of our people and our Holy Apostolic Church.

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