THE MESSAGE OF ARCHBISHOP Jerome FOR CHRISTMAS

"LET THE LIGHT OF CHRISTMAS TO INUNDATE OUR EXISTENCE AND OUR LIPS LET US SING THE JOYFUL MESSAGE:" GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST AND ON EARTH PEACE, GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN '", URGES THE MESSAGE SENT FOR CHRISTMAS 2010, THE ARCHBISHOP OF ATHENS JEROME AND ALL GREECE.

Message of His Beatitude Ieronymos is as follows: Dear Brothers, Children of the Lord lovedthis Christmas be like clouded by sadness, anxiety, skepticism and frustration of the people who led the course of our country and the world. The older and younger anxious indignant, feeling the uncertainty threatening the future. When poverty is exacerbated when discredited the sanctity of the human person, as this means digitized electronic production unit without respect to the existence and uniqueness of the freedom that God gave us when urban neighborhoods become ghettos aviota disparate disadvantaged populations, then The Christmas atmosphere is poisoned by the misery that surrounds us. But, as is evident in the dark so urgent is the need to look into the light. It is time to ask again at the center of our life in Christ. Let us remember that "the people porefomenos the light in darkness saw great." He saw "light from light, true God", because "epeskepsato us, on the Saviour of us, ..., and in darkness and shadow, evromen the truth." The Incarnation and the birth of the poor and homeless in times of Infant Jesus troubled, full of injustice, corruption and intertwining out the purpose for which man was created. The purpose of the incarnation of God is the deification of man: "Man is God, God fiber apergasitai Adam." The hope of man is at birth, the cross and the resurrection of Christ, the only true sovereign of the Universe, the Creator and Savior of all creation, not the occasional variety of Herod who oppress the lives of people to maintain their mortal power them. "Come believers shall see that Christ was born." We realize what a tragic world and chose interim time, God let sarkothei and draw strength and optimism for today and tomorrow. Let us not forget that the cave and the manger born anaklitheis Lord is Emmanuel, meaning "with us God." (Matthew 1, 23). God is with us as we are not left each time the race and ethnicity found in our difficulties and trials, will do so now. Our task is to fight the amorality, to resist the spirit of selfishness and atomokentrismou and allow God to be born in the hearts and our homes. The new year will rise after Christmas will be difficult. The world we live is threatened by the consequences of greed and deduct values. This trivializes human life from exploitation, violence, poverty and misery and pays the costs of the contempt of love and justice. But let us not let the grief and anguish to nest in our hearts. The new year let's chance of exceeding the difficulties and trials and opportunity to redefine the primary and essential to our lives. Brothers and my children loved the Lord, Let the light of Christmas to inundate our existence and our lips let us sing the joyful message: "Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, good will toward men." Merry Christmas and holy and blessed the new year. With paternal blessings and love