Dec 152011
Gregorios, by the grace of God,
Patriarch of Antioch and of All the East, of Alexandria and of Jerusalem:
May divine grace and apostolic blessing rest on and embrace
my brother bishops, members of the Holy Synod
and all the faithful clergy and laity of our Melkite Greek Catholic Church.
Communion and witness are both expressive of profound Christian thought and theology, and Church teaching and presence in society. These two terms are the core and heart of Jesus Christ’s teaching in the Holy Gospel and most apt expressions of the mystery of the divine incarnation that we are celebrating during the glorious Feast of the Nativity.…Read the letter from the Patriarch.