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Your Grace, dear Vladyka, loving Archpastor and father!

On this significant day, please accept our heartfelt congratulations on the 25th anniversary of your ministry in holy orders!

From a young age, loving Christ and the Church, you worked in the field of Christ under the wise guidance of your spiritual father, ever-memorable Archbishop Eugeny (Zhdan), and dedicated your entire life to serving by the Throne of God.

At present, you carry out a responsible apostolic ministry, heal human souls, in a fatherly way take care of the clergy and flock in the British and Irish Isles, in the USA and Canada, testifying by your personal example the truth of Orthodoxy in the Old and New Worlds.

On this memorable day, we prayerfully wish you, dear Vladyka, spiritual and bodily strength, spiritual joy and God's generous help in your archpastoral labors in serving for the good of the Church of Christ and the people of God!

Many blessed years to you!

Clergy, monastics and laity of the Diocese of Sourozh and the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada.