NEW YEAR AND CHRISTMAS MESSAGE 2025

Beloved faithful children,

Another cycle of life is drawing to its natural close, marked by diverse events and challenges.

Indeed, New Year’s celebrations would lack their brilliance and devolve into a mere change of the calendar if they were not united with the sacred mystery of Christmas. The birth of the Only-Begotten Son of God brings light into darkness and spiritual warmth into the cold of winter, illuminating the turbulent world we live in as Christians.

For our people of Artsakh, the past years have been a period of trials and sorrows. However, with every new beginning, with each turn of time’s wheel, we must renew our hope and faith in the future for the sake of our strength and rediscovery. As the hymn of Christmas proclaims: “Today, the Sun of Righteousness appeared among men.”

Our wish is that in the coming year, the sun of justice may shine upon our compatriots, helping us recover what has been lost and heal the wounds of our suffering people. May justice triumph, granting freedom to our captive brothers. May justice triumph, preserving our spiritual and cultural heritage. May justice triumph, bringing the people of Artsakh back to their ancestral homeland.

And may we once again echo the angelic greetings of Christmas in our homeland: