Nativity Message of Bishop Maxim of Western America

BY THE GRACE OF GOD ORTHODOX BISHOP OF WESTERN AMERICA
GRACE, PEACE AND MERCY FROM THE GOD-CHILD CHRIST THE SAVIOR

My dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord,

On the sacred day of the Nativity and Holy Theophany, we celebrate the greatest Offerings presented to human-kind, the gift of the Lord Himself and the gift of eternal life. God the Father gave His Son, and the Son gave Himself so that we might be restored to the life and communion for which we were created.

As we bow in reverence and thanksgiving to the Source of Life, let us offer all our being freely for His Glory, sharing in the life and peace in the Church which exists as a constant Theophany.

As we await once again the Coming of the Sun of Righteousness, joyfully proclaiming Come о Lord!I pray that infinite grace of God illumine you with the pure peace of Christ Who was born on this day for our salvation.

May the incarnate Word of God, born in the cave and laid in a manger, be with you and those you love, as you walk throughout the New Year of 2019 by the intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos and all the Saints.

CHRIST IS BORN!

MAY THE NEW YEAR OF OUR LORD

2019 BE BLESSED!

In the New Born Christ-Child, our Savior,

Bishop of Western America MAXIM