HIS BEATITUDE ТIКНОN ARCHBISHOP OF WASHINGTON
МETROPOLITAN OF ALL AМERICA AND CANADA

Your Beatitude,
beloved Brother in the Lord and concelebrant at God's Altar!

Please accept mу heartfelt congratulations оn your name day!

Standing at the helm of the Orthodox Church in America and having been named in monastic tonsure in honor of Saint Tikhon, Patriarch of All Russia, you are consistently striving to emulate his virtues and continuing the work of your heavenly patron on the North American continent-gently and humbly instructing the faithful in sound doctrine (Titus 1:9).

On this solemn day, I am fervently praying for the enhancement of your strength, for the dispensation of Divine assistance, and for the prosperous success in your lofty Archpastoral ministry.

With fraternal love in Christ,

+КIRILL PATRIARCH OF MOSCOW AND ALL RUS'