“May our Lord Jesus Christ, who united heaven and earth, also unite your hearts, wherever you may be across the globe, in a single aspiration: to know Him, to love Him and to follow Him

“St John Chrysostom calls the family a little church, the place where prayer, forgiveness and self-sacrifice are learnt before they are lived out in society.

“This is where our message meets the theme of the Orthodox Youth Meeting in Bucharest.

“the family is the place where love, prayer, forgiveness and self-sacrifice are learnt and lived

“You, the young Orthodox Christians of the diaspora, are living proof that it is possible to live in a different context, in another country, with another language and another rhythm of life, and yet have the same faith, the same Liturgy and the same hope.

“although young people live in different social and cultural contexts, they remain united by faith in Christ and by the same fundamental values: “meaning, love, truth and a future worth living”

“You are the heart of the Church scattered throughout the world, like the seed of the Gospel carried to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8)