Your Holiness,
Most Holy Master!
Our dear Primate and Father!
On behalf of the clergy and flock of the Khanty-Mansiysk Metropolitanate and the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese entrusted to my care, please accept my sincere congratulations and heartfelt best wishes on the occasion of your birthday.
Your primatial labors invariably bear abundant and good fruit.
The Lord has granted us the privilege of witnessing the comprehensive revival of church life under your wise patriarchal leadership. Seeing this as a special sign of God’s mercy, we all strive to the best of our ability to contribute to the common work of the church. And your spiritual care, attention, and concern give us strength, inspiring us to new labors for the glory of God.
On this joyful day, allow me to wish you, Your Holiness, inexhaustible spiritual and physical strength, and God’s gracious assistance in all your arduous labors as Primate. May the Lord preserve you for many blessed years, granting you wisdom, patience, and joy in serving the Holy Church and our people.
Your life is a shining example of selfless service to our Church.
With filial love in Christ,
Pavel, Metropolitan of Manila and Hanoi, Administrator of the Diocese of the Philippines and Vietnam
