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Your Holiness Patriarch MAXIM,
Bless Your Holiness!
We
at Holy Dormition Orthodox Church greet and congratulate Your Holiness
on your 95th birthday. We pray that your day will be full of Our Lord's
blessing and joy along with the love of His most-pure Mother. We are so
thankful for your fatherly love for us here in America and your constant
and unceasing prayers for each one of us. It is with deep appreciation
for your compassion and generosity towards us that we wish you every
blessing on this special day. Thank you for all the wonderful epistles
that you send to us, enlightening our hearts and minds with the true
Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Thank you also for receiving us so
warmly when we have come to visit you in Bulgaria and allowing us to
serve with Your Holiness -- a great blessing for us clergy. And we thank
you also for giving us your spiritual son, His Eminence Metropolitan
Joseph, to lead us here in America. He is a wonderful example of our
Bulgarian Hierarchs and beloved by many everywhere.
Your
Holiness, may Our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ grant you Many
Years!
We ask for Your Holiness' continued support, prayers and
blessing for the missionary work of our Diocese of the USA, Canada and
Australia. Through Your Holiness' prayers, may many Americans, Canadians
and Australians be brought to the True Light of our Holy Orthodox
Church.
Respectfully venerating Your right Hand,
Archpriest
Michael Oyer and the flock of Holy Dormition Orthodox Church
Santa
Rosa, CA
www.holydormitionchurch.org