PRELATE ISSUES CHRISTMAS MESSAGE

       Archbishop Oshagan issued his 2011 Christmas Message entitled “Salvation is God’s Gift.”

       Focusing on a verse from the Gospel of Matthew, “She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21), His Eminence said. “We human creatures received this salvation freely, the Son of God having paid the ransom for our salvation. This is God’s greatest expression of His love for humanity that must be accepted by Christians not only as the grace of God, but especially as an obligation to live their lives in such a way that will please God and be acceptable to God.”

       Archbishop Oshagan said, “Christ’s birth brought the Good News of Salvation. As Christians we welcome the season of the Nativity with joy and gratitude. As children of the Armenian nation, we must greet the news of our national salvation with responsibility and awareness, so that our sacred soil, our history, and our multi-treasured culture will always be heralded and become a source of inspiration, pride and victory.”

       To read the Prelate’s message in Armenian click here.

       To read the Prelate’s message in English click here.