January 27, 2016
On the occasion of the anniversary of his enthronement, Patriarch Kirill and Met. Hilarion (Alfeyev) sent greetings to His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of Washington and All America and Canada:
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Greeting from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill:
HIS BEATITUDE TIKHON
ARCHBISHOP OF WASHINGTON
METROPOLITAN OF ALL AMERICA AND CANADA
Your Beatitude, Beloved in the Lord Brother and Concelebrant,
Please accept my heartfelt greetings with the anniversary of your enthronement.
In your lofty ministry as primate of the Orthodox Church in America, you strive to be for your flock an example of a worthy servant in the vineyard of Christ, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth (2 Tim 2:15).
May the All-Bountiful Lord keep you in good health and grant you His abundant help in your primatial ministry for the benefit of the Mother Church.
With brotherly love in Christ,
+KIRILL
PATRIARCH OF MOSCOW AND ALL RUSSIA
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Greeting from His Beatitude Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk:
Your Beatitude,
Please accept my cordial greetings with the anniversary of your enthronement.
As a continuator of the apostolic work of your heavenly patron, St Tikhon the Patriarch of All Russia, you in your ministry as primate of the Orthodox Church in America show a pattern of good works: in doctrine showing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, sound speech, that cannot be condemned (Tit 2:7-8).
I wholeheartedly wish you God’s bountiful mercies. May He grant to Your Beatitude peace and joy in the Holy Spirit and may He strengthen you in prayer and good works so that you may glorify Him.
With respectful love in the Lord,
/+Hilarion/
Metropolitan of Volokolamsk
Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations
Moscow Patriarchate
