In contemplating the fact that the Nativity story is not included in Mark’s Gospel, our episode today focused on the most important aspect of the life of Christ, which was His teaching. And even though Matthew and Luke provide some details about the birth of Jesus, they also neglect any mention of His early life—the sole exception being the story told in Luke about the young Jesus staying behind in Jerusalem and teaching in the Temple. We see this emphasis on the teaching also in the three greatest feasts of our Church calendar: Pascha, Pentecost and Theophany. As Christians, therefore, we must understand that the most important thing in our lives should be Jesus’ teaching; for this is the reason that the Word became flesh.