“…there comes into the world the long expected and desired King of peace, and there are no bounds to His peace (cf. Is. 9:6-7). Christ brings peace in every manner: He reconciles people with God, and He teaches them that they all are brethren, children of one heavenly Father, and therefore they must love one another. He also brings peace and joy into the soul of man.”
(St Tikhon of Moscow, 1998 on the Nativity)