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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill congratulates Primate of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople on his Nameday

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Congratulatory message reads as follows:

Your Holiness,

beloved in the Lord Brother and Concelebrant at God’s Throne:

I cordially congratulate You on the commemoration day of Your heavenly patron – the holy Apostle Bartholomew.

When You were taking Your monastic vows, the Lord has foreseen Your future ministry at the See of Constantinople and vouchsafed You to receive the name of this witness and servant of the Word, Christ’s close friend (sessional hymn at Matins on June 11), who zealously preached the Gospel in Asia Minor.