There is a great difference between existing and living. Many people exist. Very few really live. Only those who seek God have life. Only those who delight in his commandments and rejoice in accomplishing his will pass beyond mere existence and actually find life.
…The holy forefathers and mothers, together with all their descendants, have chosen life. They find it in God’s Messiah, Jesus Christ, who is Life itself, God’s incarnate Word. The celebration of the Winter Pascha is a celebration of Life in God’s Word.
+Protopresbyter Thomas Hopko: The Winter Pascha
