Bulgarian Church hierarch greets His Beatitude on enthronement anniversary
His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry and Metropolitan Gabriel of Lovech. Photo: predanie.bg
Metropolitan Gabriel of Lovech from the Bulgarian Orthodox Church sent a congratulatory message to His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kyiv and All Ukraine on the 10th anniversary of his enthronement, reports predanie.bg.
"Dear Vladyka, we sincerely wish you good health, many years of life, and the boundless grace of God. With unwavering love and gratitude in the Lord," the message reads.
As reported by the UOJ, His Beatitude was also congratulated on the 10th anniversary of his enthronement by Serbian Patriarch Porfirije, Georgian Patriarch Ilia, Patriarch John X of Antioch, Metropolitan Joanikije of Montenegro and the Littoral, and Archbishop Michael of Prague and the Czech Lands.
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