Message of His Grace Bishop Nephon of Majunga and North Madagascar on the Results of the Panhellenic Examinations.
My beloved children,
On the occasion of the announcement of the results of the Panhellenic Examinations, I wish to express to all of you my undivided love, my warmest wishes and the prayers that accompany your new beginning.
First of all, I congratulate from my heart those who managed to achieve their goal. Your success is the vindication of your labours, your perseverance and your personal sacrifices. I pray that the Lord may light every next step you take, so that your academic path may become the foundation for offering love and goodness to our society.
With exactly the same fatherly love, my thoughts also turn to you who did not see the result you hoped for. Do not let, my children, an exam judge your worth or extinguish your dreams. Life opens many different paths, and often God leads our steps where we do not expect, for our own good. Do not lose your faith, your courage and your hope. Every difficulty in life can become the beginning of a new, even more beautiful start.
Remember, my children, that true success in life is not simply getting into a university. Real success is to become people of character, deep faith and love, with the strength to continue the good struggle, whatever difficulties may come your way.
From faraway Madagascar and from the Missionary Diocese of Majunga and North Madagascar, I send you my warmest fatherly wishes. I pray wholeheartedly that Christ may bless every new step you take, grant you health, wisdom and strength, and that the Most Holy Theotokos may always shelter you with her motherly protection.
With fatherly love and wishes,
† His Grace the Bishop of Majunga and North Madagascar
Nephon