His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, congratulated His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, on the anniversary of this enthronement.
HIS BEATITUDE DANIEL
ARCHBISHOP OF BUCHAREST
METROPOLITAN OF MUNTENIA AND DOBROGEA
PATRIARCH OF ROMANIA
Your Beatitude,
Beloved in the Lord Brother and Concelebrant,
Please accept my heartfelt greetings on the anniversary of your accession to the Throne of Their Beatitudes the Romanian Patriarchs.
Your Primatial labours help your flock grow in the Orthodox faith, strengthening the people of God in righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness (1 Tim. 6:11), and bearing witness to the imperishable importance of the Gospel moral values in the life of society.
I prayerfully wish you good health, spiritual joy and inexhaustible help from God the Bestower of great gifts for many years of peaceful and blessed Patriarchal ministry.
With brotherly love in Christ Jesus,
+KIRILL
PATRIARCH OF MOSCOW AND ALL RUSSIA