Святитель Тихон Задонский - Проповедь на Рождество Христово - текст песни, слова, перевод, видео

In the festive issue of our translation cycle, Saint Tikhon Zadonsky, we offer readers to the word for Christmas, said by the bishop of his Voronezh flock back in the 18th century, but since then, of course, has not lost relevance.

The sermon is quite voluminous, so for your convenience we voiced it, and we offer to listen to a 15-minute audio recording.

“We found the Messiah, which means: Christ” (Gospel of John, 1:41). Here is an exclamation, all joy and fun fulfilled: we found the Messiah! Brother to his brother, the apostle the Apostle, the First -Called Andrei Zeeping Peter announces: we found the Messiah.

Found the Messiah, the promised god himself;

found the Messiah, prophets of preached;

Found the Messiah, the law and the patriarchs of the preceded;

They found the Messiah, for many years with a great desire and a prayer expected ...

Found the Messiah - the expectation of peoples;

They found the Messiah, which everyone wished - like the earth, longing for water, as located in darkness - Sveta, as in prisoner imprisoned - the Savior, as a patient - a doctor, like lost sheep - shepherd.

They found the Messiah, which many prophets and kings wanted to see, and did not see, wanted to hear, and did not hear.

We found the Messiah, and we see it, and enjoy the conversations that are sweeter than honey.

We already see God in man, the creator in creation, the boss in the image of a subordinate. We see the king of heaven on earth, we see the dead resurrecting, lep the healing, blind vision and the dull hearing of the returning; We hear the news from him pleasant, pleasant news - repentance, the remission of sins, the kingdom of heaven near ...