Letter of Thanks from His Eminence Kirill, Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad and Chairman of the Division of External Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, to the Head of the Russian Imperial House, Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, in connection with the Awarding to Him by Her Imperial Highness of the Imperial Order of St. Alexander Nevskii

[Letterhead of the Division of External Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate]

No. 3378, 18 November 2006

To Her Imperial Highness
Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna,
Your Imperial Highness!

I send my heartfelt thanks to You for awarding me the Order of St. Alexander Nevskii.

Our close relations with the Russian Imperial House have become the proof of our mutual striving to serve the Church, the Fatherland, and its people.

I pray that God’s bountiful help will always be with You and Your Family in Your labors for the good of Our beloved Russia.

With deepest respect,

Metropolitan Kirill
Chairman of External Church Relations
Moscow Patriarchate
Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad