Department for External Church Relations Chairman Metropolitan Kirill congratulates His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem and All Palestine on his Name Day

His Beatitude Theophilos, Patriarch of Jerusalem and All Palestine, celebrated his Name Day on March 22. Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church relations, sent the following congratulatory message to His Beatitude:

His Beatitude Theophilos

Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine,

Your Beatitude, Dear Master beloved in the Lord,

On the commemoration day of your heavenly patron, I would like to send warm greetings to Your Holiness and to ask you to accept my cordial congratulations and best wishes.

May the Lord Pantocrator send Your Beatitude His abundant mercy and great consolation from the source of our resurrection – the Life-giving Sepulcher of Christ and grant you peace, good health and success in your primatial efforts. May the prayers of church children and the spiritual support of Orthodox Sister Churches support you in your work to carry the heavy cross of patriarch ministry entrusted to you.

With respectful love in the Lord,

+ Kirill
Chairman Department for External Church Relations
Moscow Patriarchate