19 May 2008

Congratulations from the Head of the House of Romanoff to Metropolitan Hilarion

Congratulations from the Head of the House of Romanoff to Metropolitan Hilarion

From the Head of the Russian Imperial House 

To: First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad
His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York
 

Your Eminence!

I send my heartfelt congratulations to You on Your election as First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and on the ratification of that election by His Holiness Patriarch Aleksei II of Moscow and All Russia. May the Lord send down to You great strength, spiritual fortitude, and wisdom to carry out Your important service to the Orthodox Diaspora for the well-being of the entire Russian Orthodox Church, andalso in the matter of the establishment of unity, to which You have made such a considerable contribution.

My most august Mother, Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna, and my son and heir, Grand Duke Georgii Mikhailovich, also send, along with me, their congratulations.

Asking your holy prayers and blessings, I am and ever shall be sincerely yours, 

H.I.H. Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna 

Madrid, 6/19 May 2008

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