His Holiness Patriarch Kirill congratulates Primate of the Orthodox Church of Alexandria on his Name Day
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent the following greeting to His Beatitude Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa:
Your Beatitude,
beloved brother in the Lord and concelebrant at God’s Throne!
I wholeheartedly congratulate you on the commemoration day of your heavenly patron, the Holy and Great Martyr Theodore the Tyro.
By the wise providence of the Pantocrator you have been standing at the helm of the Holy Church of Alexandria tirelessly proclaiming God’s word ‘for a witness unto all nations’ (Mt 24:14) on the land of Africa. While continuing labours of the apostles in this vineyard of Christ you are giving an example of the zealous ministering to the flock entrusted to your care and of selfless service to the good of Orthodoxy.
On this remarkable day I share the joy of the entire Church of Alexandria and prayerfully wish Your Beatitude good health, abundant help from the above, and I wish peace and prosperity to your God-loving flock.
With fraternal love in the Lord,
+ KIRILL
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia