His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’ congratulated His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada on the anniversary of his enthronement.
To His Beatitude, Most Blessed Tikhon, Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada
Your Beatitude, beloved in the Lord Brother and Concelebrant at the Throne of God!
I cordially congratulate you on the ninth anniversary of your elevation to the see of the Primates of the Orthodox Church in America.
Strengthened by the prayers of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of All Russia, your heavenly patron and predecessor in archpastoral labors on the North American continent, and of all the saints who shone forth in this land, you carry out your ministry with meekness and fear (1 Pet. 3:15), establishing your God-loving flock in the saving Orthodox faith.
May the All-Bountiful Lord preserve you in good health and good spirits and grant His unfailing help in your further primatial ministry.
With fraternal love in Christ
+KIRILL, PATRIARCH OF MOSCOW AND ALL RUSSIA