His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message to His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasy of Tirana and All Albania with words of support in connection with the illness of the Primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church.
"Having learned of your illness, I express my sincere sympathy and fraternal support to Your Beatitude and assure you of my prayers for your speedy recovery," the message reads.
The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church noted that he always fondly remembers fraternal communication and mutual understanding with His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasy, which resulted in "joint actions aimed at strengthening the unity of Orthodoxy and witnessing our faith to non-Orthodox Christians and the outside world."
"May Christ the Savior, through His wounds we are healed (Isaiah 53:5), strengthen your mental and physical strength, help you overcome all the hardships of illness and give you grace—filled consolation and His peace, which transcends all understanding (Phil. 4:7)," His Holiness wished the Primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church. Patriarch Kirill.

Patriarch Kirill addressed words of support to Archbishop Anastasy of Tirana
12.01.2025, 09:00