His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia Congratulates Ms Ulia Timoshenko on Her Appointment on the Post of the Ukrainian Prime Minister

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To: Ms Ulia Timoshenko

Prime Minister of Ukraine

Dear Ulia Vladimirovna,

I congratulate you on your appointment on the post of the Ukrainian Prime Minister.

Your new appointment gives you great possibilities to work for the welfare of the Ukrainian people, their spiritual and moral development.

I am glad that you admit the importance of faith in God, that you strive for reviving it in the life of society, for regulating constructive cooperation with religious organizations. I am convinced that prosperity of the country, civil peace, and moral revival of the nation is impossible without interaction between state and Church. I hope that you will be attentive to the needs, wishes, and initiatives of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which always aims at good cooperation with the state.

I wish you good health, strength, blessed success in your work for the welfare of beloved Ukraine.

With respect,

PATRIARCH ALEXY II

OF MOSCOW AND ALL RUSSIA

Links:

• Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Congratulates Ulia Timoshenko on Her Appointment on the post of Ukrainian Prime Minister

See also:

• Religious situation in Ukraine
• His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia