Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church congratulates Archbishop Leo of Karelia and All Finland on his 65th birthday
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent the following message to Archbishop Leo of Karelia and All Finland on the occasion of his 65th birthday:
Your Eminence:
CHRIST IS RISEN!
I cordially congratulate Your Eminence on the remarkable date – Your sixty-fifth birthday.
In your youth you decided to devote your life to the Lord and to the ministry to His Church. Being faithful to the chosen way, you have been engaged in pastoral and archpastoral work in the land of Suomi and cared for the spiritual and moral growing of the people of God entrusted to your care, thus witnessing about the Crucified and Risen Christ.
On this memorable for Your Eminence day, I prayerfully wish you good health, peace of the soul, and the almighty help from the All-Bountiful Lord in your future primatial ministry.
With love in the Lord,
+KIRILL
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia