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Your Grace, dear Vladyka, loving Archpastor and gracious father!

On this blessed day, please accept our heartfelt congratulations on this significant date for you - the ninth anniversary of your episcopal consecration!

Nine years ago, you were elected by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' and the Holy Synod to the important and difficult apostolic service that you now carry out in the important cathedras of the Russian Orthodox Church in the far abroad - in Great Britain, in Ireland and overseas - in the USA and Canada.

Combining the difficult archpastoral ministry at the present time with difficult administrative work in the Diocese of Sourozh and in the Patriarchal Parishes in North America,  you are an example of selfless service to the Church, devoting all your strength to preaching the Gospel of Christ.

On this significant day, dear Vladyka, accept our heartfelt congratulations and good wishes for the strength of your soul and body, the unceasing assistance of the grace of the Holy Spirit in your missionary work and the spiritual growth of the faithful children of our Church in the British Isles and the New World!

Many years to you, dear Vladyka!

Clergy, monastics and laity of the Diocese of Sourozh and the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada