Ecumenical Patriarch ndi Archbishop wa Constantinople Bartholomew anapereka uthenga wake wa Khirisimasi ku chiphunzitso chaumulungu cha mtendere. Akuyamba ndi mawu a hesychast m'zaka za zana la 14, St. Nicholas Cavàsila, kuti kupyolera mu thupi la Ambuye, anthu kwa nthawi yoyamba adadziwa Mulungu mwa Anthu atatu. Kuvomereza chibadwa cha umunthu ndi Mwana ndi Mawu a Mulungu ndi kutsegulira kwa njira kwa munthu kuti akhale mulungu mwa chisomo kumamupatsa iye phindu losayerekezeka. Kuiŵala chowonadi ichi kumabweretsa kufooka kwa ulemu kwa munthu. Kukana cholinga chapamwamba cha munthu sikumangomumasula, komanso kumamupangitsa kukhala ndi malire ndi magawano osiyanasiyana. Popanda kuzindikira za chiyambi chake chaumulungu ndi chiyembekezo chamuyaya, munthu sakhalabe munthu, kulephera kulimbana ndi zotsutsana za "khalidwe laumunthu".
Kumvetsetsa kwachikhristu za kukhalapo kwa munthu kumapereka njira yothetsera mavuto omwe chiwawa, nkhondo ndi chisalungamo zimabweretsa m'dziko lathu lapansi. Ulemu kwa munthu, mtendere ndi chilungamo ndi mphatso yochokera kwa Mulungu, koma kupeza mtendere umene Kristu anabweretsa ndi thupi lake kumafuna kutengapo mbali ndi kugwirizana kwa anthu. Mkhalidwe Wachikristu pa nkhani ya kulimbirana mtendere umatsimikiziridwa ndi mawu a Kristu Mpulumutsi, amene amalalikira mtendere, akupereka moni ndi “mtendere kwa inu” ndi kuitana anthu kukonda adani awo. Vumbulutso la Khristu likutchedwa “Uthenga Wabwino wa Mtendere.” Izi zikutanthauza kuti kwa ife akhristu njira ya mtendere ndi mtendere weniweniwo, kuti kusachita ziwawa, kukambirana, chikondi, kukhululukirana ndi kuyanjanitsa kumakhala patsogolo kuposa njira zina zothetsera kusamvana. Chiphunzitso chaumulungu chamtendere chikufotokozedwa momveka bwino m'malemba a Ecumenical Patriarchate "On the Life of the World" (kuyambira 2020), pomwe akuti: "Palibe chotsutsana ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu kwa zolengedwa Zake, zolengedwa m'chifaniziro Chake ndi mawonekedwe ake. , kuposa chiwawa chimene munthu amachitira mnzake… Tinganene moyenerera kuti chiwawa ndi tchimo lalikulu kwambiri. Ndizosiyana kwambiri ndi chilengedwe chathu komanso mayitanidwe athu auzimu ofunafuna mgwirizano wachikondi ndi Mulungu ndi mnansi…”.
Poyang'anizana ndi chiwopsezo cha mtendere, tcheru ndi chikhumbo chofuna kuthetsa mavuto kupyolera mu zokambirana ndizofunikira. Ngwazi zazikulu za ndale ndi omenyera mtendere. Tikupitiriza kutsindika kuti zipembedzo zili ndi udindo wokhazikitsa mtendere pa nthawi yomwe zimatsutsidwa chifukwa m'malo mosonyeza mphamvu zamtendere, chithandizo ndi chiyanjano, zimalimbikitsa kutengeka ndi chiwawa "m'dzina la Mulungu" - uku ndiko kusokoneza chikhulupiriro chachipembedzo. ndipo izo siziri zake.
… Ndi malingaliro otere ndi zomverera zowona, ndi chidaliro chonse kuti moyo wa Tchalitchi umayimira kukana nkhanza, kulikonse kumene zimachokera, timayitana tonsefe kunkhondo yabwino yomanga chikhalidwe chamtendere ndi chiyanjanitso momwe adzaona pamaso pa mnansi, mbale ndi bwenzi, osati mdani ndi mdani, ndipo zimene zimatikumbutsa ife tonse, abale ndi ana, kuti Kubadwa kwa Khristu ndi nthawi yodziœa yekha ndi chiyamiko, kuwulula kusiyana. pakati pa Mulungu-munthu ndi "munthu-mulungu", kuzindikira "chozizwitsa chachikulu" cha ufulu mwa Khristu ndi kuchiritsa "kuvulala kwakukulu" kwa kutalikirana ndi Mulungu.
