HIS BEATITUDE TIKHON
ARCHBISHOP OF WASHINGTON
METROPOLITAN OF ALL AMERICA & CANADA
 
Your Beatitude,

Beloved in the Lord Brother and Concelebrant at God’s Altar:

Please accept my heartfelt greetings on the occasion of your namesday.

Looking at the deeds of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of all Russia who stood at the helm of the Russian Church in times of trying ordeals and tribulations, you carry the heavy cross of Primatial ministry, hopeful of the Creator’s mercy, strengthening Orthodoxy on the North American continent and zealously contending for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints (Jude 1:3).

I prayerfully wish to Your Beatitude good health, peace, spiritual joy and bountiful help from the Lord in your Primatial labors for many years.

With brotherly love in Christ Jesus,

+KYRILL
PATRIARCH OF MOSCOW AND ALL RUSSIA