DOCUMENT: Congratulatory Message of First Hierarch of ROCOR (L) To Patriarch Alexei II on the Occasion of His Namesday
To His All-Holiness, the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia AlexeiYour All-Holiness, most Holy Vladika!
With a feeling of spiritual joy, I greet you on your namesday! May your labors in rendering of the health, spiritual revival and the renovation of our God-loving people be blessed. It is my prayerful desire for you to be granted great benefaction and heavenly aid in the accomplishment of your high service. May it serve the glory of God and the strengthening in the faith of Christ for all Russian orthodox people.
With brotherly love in the Lord,
+ METROPOLITAN LAURUS, FIRST HIERARCH OF THE RUSSIAN CHURCH ABROAD
12/25 February of 2005
(Translated from the Russian by Vertograd)
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