Official Document from His Holiness, Patriarch Aleksei II of Moscow and All Russia, to the Head of the Russian Imperial House, Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, Concerning the Awarding of the Order of St. Olga Equal-to-the-Apostles (First Class) to Her Imperial Highness

In Recognition of Her Services to the Russian Orthodox Church and To the Fatherland, and in Commemoration of the Anniversary of Her Birth,
The Head of the Russian Imperial House Grand Duchess
Maria Vladimirovna
Is Awarded the Russian Orthodox Church’s Order of Holy Princess Olga, Equal-to-the-Apostles, in the First Class 

Aleksei Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia

Moscow, 23 December 2003