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☦️Nativity Message of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’ (January 6, 2026) 💬 Dear brothers and sisters! I wholeheartedly congratulate all of you with the great feast of the Nativity of Christ and the beginning of the New Year! If we picture ourselves standing in the cave of Bethlehem, we will see the divine Infant Jesus lying in a manger, and the Most Pure Virgin Mary leaning over Him in reverence and love. Over the past two thousand years, this Gospel scene has inspired countless icons and paintings, literary works and musical masterpieces. But what is the true meaning of this event? Why did the eternal, infinite, invisible and incomprehensible God come to a world exhausted by sin, weary from wars and strife, wounded by injustice and sorrow? For centuries, people have cried out to heaven and still continue to ask: «Where are You, God? Why are You silent?» But God is not silent. ❗️He answers. But not with volumes of philosophical writings, nor with the creation of a perfect legal system, nor by building a utopian state of universal equality and prosperity. He answers with boundless, self-giving love. He answers through His coming into the world, through the preaching of the Gospel, through the Crucifixion and the Resurrection. He speaks through the voice of His Church, established by Him, and through the voice of conscience that He placed within every human soul. To all of us has been given divine revelation, fully manifested in the truth of the newborn Jesus Christ. By believing in Him and living according to His commandments, we find answers to the eternal questions of life’s meaning and our true purpose. We know, believe, and proclaim that the Lord is always with us. He who, as the Apostle Paul writes, is «the same yesterday, today, and forever.» He is not a distant observer or a cruel judge. He is not an abstract idea or an indifferent force, but the living, loving, and merciful Father. And no matter how troubling, unpredictable, difficult, or hopeless our circumstances may seem, Christ was, is, and always will be our Savior. He is the one and only inexhaustible source of all blessings, the unshakable foundation upon which alone a true, meaningful, and dignified human life can be built. I warmly wish all of you a joyful feast! Merry Christmas! Full message