MOSCOW: November 2, 2016
Patriarchal Greetings on the Namesday of Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York

Your Eminence,
Beloved in the Lord Vladyka!

Please accept my heartfelt greetings on your namesday, the feast day of St Hilarion of the Kiev Lavra of the Caves.

This righteous man of God was renowned for his asceticism, faith and hope in Christ the Savior, which earned him many spiritual gifts and the boldness to intercede before the Lord on behalf of all who appeal to him.

May God the Lover of Mankind, through the prayerful intercession before the Throne of the Almighty of your heavenly patron, St Hilarion, renew your spiritual and physical powers, forever bolstering you in your lofty archpastoral service to the benefit of the Mother Church.

With love in Christ,

+KIRILL,
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.