LONDON: 31 March 2023
All parishes in Great Britain and Western Europe held prayer services for the end to the persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
To His Eminence Nicholas
Metropolitan of New York and Eastern America,
First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia
Your Eminence, Dear Vladyka:
I prayerfully congratulate you on the 9th anniversary of your monastic tonsure!
Observing your heart and accompanying you in both joys and sorrows, the Omniscient Lord opened for you the "fatherly embrace," joining you to the monastic rank in which you continue to labor, having now been elevated to the lofty position of Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad.
On the day of your personal spiritual joy, I genuinely wish Your Eminence the blessed aid of God and strength, so necessary for the monastic calling.
With love in the Lord,
+Rastislav
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