Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulates Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia on his nameday

Russian President V.V.Putin congratulated His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russian on is nameday.

The welcoming address to the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church reads in particular:

‘I congratulate you on this remarkable day and am sincerely happy to say the words of gratitude to you for your versatile and fruitful activities in the sphere of spiritual enlightenment and education as well in the solution of socially important problems. The state highly appreciates the contribution of the Russian Orthodox Church in the consolidation of interreligious peace, civil accord and mutual understanding among people’.

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