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May 24, 2010
New York, NY: Metropolitan Hilarion greeted His Holiness, Patriarch Kyrill, on the occasion of his namesday

On Monday, May 24, on the Day of the Holy Spirit and the feast day of the Holy Equals-of-the-Apostles, Sts. Cyril and Methodius, the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York, addressed a greeting to His Holiness Kyrill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, on the occasion of the latter’s namesday, reports the official website of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.

To His Holiness,
The Most Holy Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
KYRILL

Your Holiness,
Most Holy Master!

With spiritual joy I send Your Holiness my sincerest congratulations on the occasion of your namesday! Standing at God’s Holy Altar, with faith I petition the All-Merciful Lord on your behalf, that He might bestow upon you spiritual and physical fortitude and His unending heavenly aid in Your Patriarchal service, to the benefit of Holy Orthodoxy!

With love in the Lord,

+HILARION
Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York,
First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad
May 24, 2010

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