Romanian Patriarch wishes the ROC Primate many years of ministry
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania congratulated the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church on the thirteenth anniversary of his enthronement, the website of the DECR ROC reports.
On behalf of the members of the Holy Synod, the clergy and faithful of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Daniel cordially wished the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church "good health and every success in his endeavors."
“We pray to Christ, our Savior and Good Shepherd, to grant you peace and spiritual joy for many years of ministry for the benefit of the Russian Orthodox Church,” wrote the Primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
Earlier, the UOJ wrote that Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia of Georgia, Primate of the UOC Metropolitan Onuphry, Patriarch Porfirije of the Serbian Orthodox Church, and His Beatitude Metropoltian Rostislav, Primate of the Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, congratulated His Holiness Patriarch Kirill on his enthronement day.
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