His Holiness Patriarch KIRILL of Moscow congratulates His Beatitude Metropolitan JONAH on the occasion of his Heavenly Patron Saint
In the congratulatory address of His Holiness, Patriarch KIRILL of Moscow and All Russia to His Beatitude, Metropolitan JONAH of All America and Canada on the occasion of his namesday, it reads:
Your Beatitude:
Beloved in the Lord, Brother and Concelebrant!
I sincerely congratulate you with your namesday on the day commemorating your heavenly patron.
We know you as an untiring laborer in the fields of the Lord, with your whole heart for the sake of Church Unity, holding fast the highest responsibility given to us by the Chief Pastor Christ: “That they all may be one (John 17:21). Your wonderful personal attributes, openness and affability help you in this work, drawing close to you the hearts of not only those entrusted to your flock, but elsewhere too.
Together with the entirety of our Church, I prayerfully wish you good health and unfading spiritual joy for many years!
With brotherly love in the Lord,
+KIRILL
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
(unofficial translation)
