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MOSGOU PaTKIARGN3TG*YPH77 MOGK9KGKOITPHPXHHThe Patriarch’s Christmas MessageFestive Reception in the Kremlin  \nCONTENT S  \n23349788  \nVladimir Kuroyedov's Letter to the EditorDecisions of the Holy Synod  \nPatriarch Pimen's Visit to Echmiadzin  \nArchbishop of Uppsala—Guest of the Russian ChurchReception for the Armenian Patriarchs.Cardinal Willebrands in Moscow.HU R C H LI F EServices Conducted by Patriarch Pimen9His Holiness'Visit to Odessa by I.Tikhonovsky9St.Sergiy's Day at His Lavra11  \nAmong the Shrines of Ancient Athos by Archpriest Nikolai Petrov12Feast of St.Iov at the Pochaev Lavra by Archpriest Vladimir Babich14The Start of the Academic Year in the MTA,MTS and OTS by Hieromonk Sofroniyand Hegumen Palladiy16,17The Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Shemetovo by ArchpriestVadim Smirnou18News from Dioceses24E RM ON S  \nOn Christmas by Archpriest Ioann Sorokin30On Repentance by Bishop Nikolai Ziorou31International Preparatory Committee for the World Religious Conference(Communique)  \nEA CE M O V EM E N T  \nPatriarch Pimen's Speech at the Reception for Members of the PreparatoryCommittee35  \nCommunique of the CPC International Secretariat Meeting in Poland37·The CPC Working Committee Meeting in the GDR38Opening Address by CPC President,Metropolitan Nikodim43  \nThe Helsinki Conference to End the Arms Race,for Disarmament and Detente47  \nThe CPC Appeal in Support of Namibia  ·  ·  ·48  \nCU M E N A  \nThe Second Theological Conversations between the Russian Church and the GDREvangelical ChurchesCommunique and Theses .49-53  \nMetropolitan Filaret's Sermon at the Ecumenical Service53Bishop W.Krusche's Address at the Ecumenical Service54Bishop W.Krusche's Opening Speech.55Orthodox Syrian Church Hierarchs in the USSR by S.Gordeyev57H E OLO G Y  \nArchbishop Nikolai Ziorov of Warsaw by Hegumen Georgiy59Faith,Hope and Love:the Basic Christian Virtues by Archpriest Aleksandr Vetelev64Instructions for Officiants at Hierarchal Services.69Contents 197674  \nThe Journal is published monthly in Russian and English  \nEdior-in-Chief:Archbishop PITIRIM of Volokolamsk,  \nditorial and Subscription Offices:Box No.624,Moscow G-435,USSR  \nHead of the Publishing Department  \nof the Moscow Pafriarchate  \nTelephone 246-98-48  \nCHR ISTMAS MESSA G Efrom Patriarch PIMEN of Moscow and All Russia  \nto the Bishops,Priests and All the Faithfulof the Russian Orthodox Church  \n\"The Creator saw the perdition of man….and He Who createdhim,bowed the heavens and descended;and He was broughtinto the world through a Maiden of divine purity,and trulymade flesh...”  \n(From the 2nd troparion of the first chant from the Christ-mas canon)  \nBethlehem,they saw Mary,and Joseph,and the Babe lying in a manger(Lk.  \noday the Holy OrthodoxChurch rejoices as she ce-lebrates a great and holyevent,the Nativity of ourLord God and Saviour  \n2.16).  \nOur Lord Jesus Christ came down toearth;in His love and goodness Hebeing in the form of God..took uponhim the form of a servant,andwasmade in the likeness of men(Phil.2.6-7),unto our eternal salvation.  \nJesus Christ.  \nOur God,Creator of all things vi-sible and invisible,the God of love andpeace,who at sundry times and in di-verse manners spake in time past…bythe prophets,hath in these last daysspoken unto us by his Son,whom hehath appointed heir of all things,bywhom also he made the worlds(Heb.1.1-2).  \nAnd taking upon Himself our humannature,the Lord brought us back intocommunion with God (St.Irenaeus oLyons:\"Against the Heresies\").  \nAnd mankind,which had long sincelost its filial connection withGodthrough its sins,along with alltheadvantages and joys of being the sonsof God,regained at the birth of Chrisits status as sons and the possibilityof deification,and was given the faculty of receiving the many andvariecgifts of God's goodness in theHolySacr","cbCaijx8Nkeovrwb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijx8Nkeovrwb","pdf",12684990,88,"English","# Christmas Message\n## To the bishops, 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