Head of Macedonian Church congratulates His Beatitude on enthronement anniversary
His Beatitude Archbishop Stefan of Ohrid and Macedonia. Photo: press service of the Macedonian Orthodox Church
On August 17, 2025, on the eleventh anniversary of the enthronement of the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Archbishop Stefan of Ohrid and Macedonia sent congratulations to His Beatitude Onuphry. This was reported by the UOC Information and Education Department.
"On the eleventh anniversary of your enthronement as Metropolitan of Kyiv, on behalf of ourselves and the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Macedonian Orthodox Church - Ohrid Archbishopric, we send you sincere congratulations with wishes for good health," noted Archbishop Stefan.
He wished that the Lord, the Good Shepherd and Keeper of His flock, would strengthen His Beatitude with the grace of the Holy Spirit in every good and saving deed.
"Through the prayers of the holy venerable fathers of the Caves and all the saints, may His grace continually abide with Your Beatitude, granting You the necessary gifts of Christ," says the message.
The Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia wished Metropolitan Onuphry good health and abundant blessings from the Lord.
As reported by the UOJ, the Serbian Patriarch and the Primate of the Polish Church congratulated the Primate of the UOC on the 11th anniversary of his enthronement.
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