To the President of the United States of America
Mr. Donald J. Trump

Your Excellency,

The clergy and laity of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA with great sorrow receieved news of the plane crash in Washington, DC. Please accept our deepest and most sincere condolences in connection with the tragedy that claimed the lives of many people.

We pray to the God who lovest Mankind, for the repose of the victims and the consolation of all those grieving over the untimely death of their loved ones, as well as for the granting of spiritual and physical strength to all participants in the search and rescue operation.

With deep and sincere condolences,

+Matthew
Bishop of Sourozh
Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church
in the USA & Canada