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Address at the Ordination of Bishop-Elect Ioannis of Phocaea - Messages - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

Beloved Bishop-Elect of Phocaea, Your Grace Ioannis, Today, we have assembled in this wonderful Parish of Saint George the Great-Martyr and Trophy-Bearer to bring you into the fullness of the ministry of the Great High Priest – our Lord Jesus Christ – and, together with our Brother Hierarchs, to elevate you to be the Bishop of Phocaea. We intended to do so in the Metropolis of San Francisco, where you now serve as Chancellor to His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos, and where you will continue to serve. But the times made other plans for us all. Instead, by a blesséd happenstance, we find ourselves here in Piscataway, in the parish that you served when you were first ordained a priest.

On the threshold of Nativity of our Savior

While we are impatiently approaching to the end of this truly dreadful year, we are excited to be rejuvenated by the Nativity of Christ the Savior and our God. This Holyday always brings refreshment to our lives. It is enough for us to see the three words, “Christ is Born” on a greeting card, or to hear them from someone, or Merry Christmas as a greeting, and our whole body is overcome by a special blessed state, full of assurance and inspiration for constructive work and spiritual creativeness. Upon hearing these words, before our eyes, the image of the Holy Night in Bethlehem appears. Quietly and discreetly, the Savior came into the world and filled it with His divine power. Being “humble and lowly in heart,” the newborn Savior did not find resistance among the poor shepherds who offered Him a corner in their cave. The Most Holy Child could not find any resistance among the humble of heart, but He would later find plenty of resistance among the proud of heart, t

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His Biography Is Not Complete

How remarkable is the biography of God’s Son! . . . God’s messengers of old spoke of a maiden conceiving, of a son being born, and of Bethlehem as the place from which a timeless ruler would come. The heart of a man named Joseph provided Matthew with the key to the mystery. . . . The explanation in Matthew 1 combines Joseph’s experience with Isaiah’s prophecy. In chapter 2, it brings Micah’s prophecy to bear on the experience of noblemen who came in contact with a murderous monarch in their search for an infant King. The heart of Mary provided Luke with information, from heaven’s first announcement of the forthcoming Son to the events of the baby’s first day and a twelve-year-old boy’s first venture beyond parental care. The Holy Spirit found in Dr. Luke the person to tell the story with a simple beauty matching its marvelous power.

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