27 September 2013

The Head of the House of Romanoff Sends Birthday Greetings to Archbishop Savva of Tiraspol and Dubossarsk

The Head of the House of Romanoff Sends Birthday Greetings to Archbishop Savva of Tiraspol and Dubossarsk

From the Head of the Russian Imperial House

To His Eminence Archbishop Savva of Tiraspol and Dubossarsk

Your Eminence,

I send my heartfelt congratulations to you on your 55th birthday.

With all my heart I wish you spiritual and bodily strength, many years, and God’s help in your tireless work for the good of your flock in Transdniestria.

Greatly valuing your service to the Russian Orthodox Church and to the Fatherland, I am conveying to you with this letter the insignia of the Imperial Order of St. Anna Second Class, to which you belong, and our Imperial Medals “Anniversary of the Nation’s Victory” and “Commemorative Medal of the 400th Anniversary of the House of Romanoff,” with the accompanying certificates affirming your right to wear them.

Asking your archpastoral prayers and blessing for me and my son and heir, Grand Duke George of Russia, I remain ever faithfully yours,

H.I.H. Grand Duchess Maria of Russia

Issued in Madrid, September 14/27, 2013
Feast of the Elevation of the Holy and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord

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