The Birth of the Lord brings joy to the soul every time, says His Eminence Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bucovina, in his Pastoral Letter for Christmas, mentioning that this great feast is a holy joy that inundates, in one form or another, the entire being.
The High Hierarch says that "by the very act of creation, God has called man to become a partaker of the divine life, that is, to have an everlasting life, in a permanent dialogue of love with his Creator, agerpres reports.
Metropolitan Teofan also showed that true Christian life is lived in the Church, in union and communion with all those who have believed and believe in God.