TELEGRAMMES OF CONDOLENCE ON THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE USA

TELEGRAMMES OF CONDOLENCE ON THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE USA

HIS EXCELLENCY
MR. GEORGE BUSH
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON DC
THE STATE DEPARTMENT

MR.PRESIDENT

I EXPRESS YOU AND THE WHOLE AMERICAN NATION MY DEEPEST SYMPATHY.
MAY THE LORD WIPE THE TEARS OF YOUR COMPATRIOTS AND MAY HE HELP THE INJURED AND THOSE WHO LOST THEIR RELITIVES TO LIVE THROUGH THESE SUFFERINGS. MAY THE PERISHED DWELL WITH THE BLESSED. THE WHOLE RUSSIAN CHURCH AND I WILL PRAY FOR THE DEAD AND LIVING.

WITH DEEP SORROW I LEARNED ABOUT THE SHOCKING CRIMES, THAT RUINED LIVES AND HEALTH OF THOUSANDS PEOPLE. THERE IS NO FORGIVENESS TO THOSE WHO ARE GUILTY OF IT. FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART I HOPE THAT SO TERRIBLE A SORROW WILL NEVER COME TO THE AMERICAN LAND AGAIN.

IN THIS TRAGIC HOUR WE ARE WITH YOU – WITH THE WHOLE AMERICA AND ITS PEOPLE. MAY GOD’S GRACE BE ON YOU.

PATRIARCH ALEXY OF MOSCOW AND ALL RUSSIA.

HIS BEATITUDE THEODOSIUS
ARCHBISHOP OF WASHINGTON
METROPOLITAN OF ALL AMERICA
AND CANADA
ROUTE 25, OYSTER BAY COVE, P.O. BOX 675
SYOSSET, NY 11791 USA

YOUR BEATITUDE,
PLEASE, ACCEPT THE MOST SINCERE CONDOLENCE IN CONNECTON WITH THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

THE EVIL WILL HAS RESULTED IN DEATH AND SUFFERINGS OF THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. WHAT HAS HAPPEND CAN NOT BE EITHER EXPLAINED OR JUSTIFIED.

SHARING THE PAIN OF THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS OF THE UNITED STATES AND ALL AMERICAN PEOPLE, I AND THE ENTIRE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH ARE PRAYING FOR REST OF THE SOULS OF THE DEAD, FOR HEALTH OF THE INJURED, FOR HEALING THE PAIN OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR RELATIVES, FOR DELIVERENCE FROM FEAR AND ANY CRIMINAL DESIGN.

MAY THE LORD BE WITH YOU AND YOUR FLOCK, WITH ALL AMERICAN PEOPLE, GIVING IT PEACE AND SAFETY.

WITH BROTHERLY LOVE IN CHRIST

PATRIARCH ALEXY OF MOSCOW AND ALL RUSSIA.

HIS EXCELLENCY
MR. COLIN POWELL
STATE SECRETARY OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON DC
THE STATE DEPARTMENT

YOUR EXCELLENCY,

HAVING LEARNED ABOUT THE MONSTROUS CRIME RESULTED IN DEATH OF THOUSANDS PEOPLE, I EXPRESS DEEP SYMPATHY TO THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

NOW I PRAY THAT THIS TRAGEDY WILL NEVER BE REPEATED, THAT THE LORD MAY GIVE REST TO THE DEAD, HEAL THE INJURED, STRENGTHEN AMERICAN PEOPLE IN ORDER TO OVERCOME THE HARDEST CONSEQUENCES OF THE TRAGEDY.

THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH RESOLUTELY CONDEMNS THE TERRORIST ATTACKS. NOTHING AND NO ONE COULD EXCUSE A DELIBERATE AND PLANNED MURDER OF THE GREAT NUMBER OF PEACEFUL PEOPLE, PERISHED AS VICTIMS OF THE EVIL WILL.

THE EVENTS HAPPEND IN AMERICA ARE NOT A TRAGEDY ONLY FOR YOUR COUNTRY, BUT FOR THE WHOLE HUMANITY AS THE TERRORISM IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR ALL THE STATES AND PEOPLES. THERE ARE NO LIMITS AND BOARDERS FOR THIS EVIL. I HOPE THAT THE WHOLE WORLD WILL UNITE ITS EFFORTS FOR THE STRUGGLE AGAINST TERRORISM AND VIOLENCE, SO THAT EVERY NATION AND EVERY MAN COULD BE AN HEIR TO THE BLESSED PEACE.

WITH EVERY RESPECT

METROPOLITAN KIRILL OF SMOLENSK AND KALININGRAD
CHAIRMAN
DEPARTMENT FOR THE EXTERNAL CHURCH RELATIONS
MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE

HIS BEATITUDE THEODOSIUS
ARCHBISHOP OF WASHINGTON
METROPOLITAN OF ALL AMERICA
AND CANADA
ROUTE 25, OYSTER BAY COVE, P.O. BOX 675
SYOSSET, NY 11791 USA

YOUR BELOVED BEATITUDE,

WITH THE DEEPEST SORROW I LEARNED THE TRAGIC NEWS OF THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN AMERICA RESULTED IN MASS HUMAN LOSSES.

I SYMPATHIZE WITH YOUR CHURCH AND ALL AMERICAN PEOPLE. WITH TEARS I PRAY FOR THE DEAD AND INJURED, FOR ALL WHO ARE NOW LIVING TROUGH FEAR, PAIN AND DESPAIR.

PLEASE, CONVEY MY SINCERE SYMPATHY TO ALL THE CLERGY AND FAITHFUL OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH IN AMERICA. MAY THE LORD JESUS SAVE THE AMERICAN ORTHODOX FLOCK AND ALL PEOPLE OF AMERICA IN PEACE.

WITH LOVE IN THE LORD

METROPOLITAN KIRILL OF SMOLENSK AND KALININGRAD
CHAIRMAN
DEPARTMENT FOR THE EXTERNAL CHURCH RELATIONS
MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE