Greeting of the SOC to the newly elected Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia
His
Holiness
Patriarch
KIRILL
of
Moscow and All Russia
MOSCOW
YOUR HOLINESS,
We rejoice as the Local Council of the Holy Russian Orthodox Church indeed inspired by the Holy Spirit has chosen in Your person a worthy successor to Patriarch Alexy II of blessed repose and placed You on the throne of the glorious Moscow Patriarchate, that from the same You may radiate to those near and far.
On behalf of His Holiness Patriarch Pavle of Serbia, our Holy Synod of Bishops and the entire episcopate, clergy, monastics and the faithful of the Serbian Orthodox Church, We congratulate You on Your election as Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, exclaiming: Axios!
Your beloved Holiness’ brother in Christ,
For
His Holiness Patriarch Pavle of Serbia
Archbishop and Metropolitan of
Montenegro and the Littoral
A
m f i l o h i j e
