The awarding of an Imperial Honour upon His Eminence Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk and Slutsk, the Patriarchal Exarch of all Belorus

By the decree of the Head of the Russian Imperial House, H.I.H. Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, issued in Madrid on 21 March 2005, in recognition of his services to the Russian Orthodox Church, to the Fatherland, and to the Russian Imperial House, and on the occasion of his 70-th birthday, His Eminence Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk and Slutsk, Patriarchal Exarch of all Belorus, was awarded the Imperial Order of St. Alexander Nevskii. The ceremony of bestowing the official Certificate and the devices of the Order took place, with the blessing of Metropolitan Filaret, in Minsk on his birthday, on 24 March 2005. 

Decree No. 1/All-2005 

By the Grace of God,
We,
Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna
Head of the Russian Imperial House
and Grand Master of the Imperial Orders of Chivalry 

In recognition of his services to the Russian Orthodox Church, to the Fatherland, and to the Russian Imperial House, and on the occasion of his 70-th birthday, His Eminence Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk and Slutsk, Patriarchal Exarch of all Belorus, was awarded the Imperial Order of St. Alexander Nevski, with the bestowing on His Eminence of the Certificate, signed in OUR OWN HAND, conferring the right to wear the devices of the Order.

H.I.H. Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna

Issued in Madrid, 21 March 2005

A N. Zakatov
Personal Secretary of the Imperial Family
Director of H.I.H.’s Chancellery