Through the light of the Spirit we behold the Son, the splendor of God’s glory, and through the Son, the very stamp of the Father, we are led to him who is the source both of his stamp, who is the Son, and of its seal, who is the Holy Spirit.

—Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit, 26

Therefore let us hasten to this place [Bethlehem] where for our sake the eternal God was born as a little child!

—Ikos of the Nativity of the Lord