The First Hierarch of ROCOR hopes for strengthening the collaboration between the Church and the state in Russia under a newly-elected President
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Moscow, May 23, Interfax - The new First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) Metropolitan Hilarion congratulated Dmitry Medvedev on his assuming the office of the President of the Russian Federation and wished him to make Russia blossom and spiritually strong.
"In these complicated times for Russia, times of change and socio-economic transformation, you took upon yourself a great responsibility for the present and future of our Fatherland, for the fate of millions of Russians," states the Metropolitan's letter to Dmitry Medvedev published on the official site of ROCOR.
According to Metropolitan Hilarion, the Russian Diaspora knows and deeply values the fact that thanks to personal participation of the Russian President, "a spirit of trust and mutual understanding is being formed and the relationship between the Russian State and the Russian Orthodox Church is developing fruitfully."
"We hope for further strengthening for the good of Orthodox Christians living in the Fatherland and abroad," says the letter.
In conclusion, Metropolian Hilarion wished Dmitry Medvedev that the Lord helped him to "labor through his best efforts to make Russia blossom, spiritually strong and an enlightened government which remembers its past and preserves the holy traditions of her forefathers."
Metropolitan Hilarion also forwarded a letter to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin thanking him for his enormous contribution to the strengthening of the Russian State."
"I pray the Lord God that He help you in your task as Prime Minister, that with your help the newly-elected President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Anatolievich Medvedev will continue along the path you embarked upon of the renascence, renewal and strengthening of Russia," states the letter.
On May 17, the Church celebrated the first anniversary of signing the Act of Canonical Communion with the Moscow Patriarchate. Thus, after decades of the Soviet epoch there was established the communion not only of the two parts of the Russian Church, but also of the Russian people split as a result of the revolution and the civil war.
For a long time, the clergy and lay people of ROCOR were explaining the failure to reconcile with the Mother Church with the alleged collaboration of the latter with the Soviet regime.
Source:
http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=4711
"In these complicated times for Russia, times of change and socio-economic transformation, you took upon yourself a great responsibility for the present and future of our Fatherland, for the fate of millions of Russians," states the Metropolitan's letter to Dmitry Medvedev published on the official site of ROCOR.
According to Metropolitan Hilarion, the Russian Diaspora knows and deeply values the fact that thanks to personal participation of the Russian President, "a spirit of trust and mutual understanding is being formed and the relationship between the Russian State and the Russian Orthodox Church is developing fruitfully."
"We hope for further strengthening for the good of Orthodox Christians living in the Fatherland and abroad," says the letter.
In conclusion, Metropolian Hilarion wished Dmitry Medvedev that the Lord helped him to "labor through his best efforts to make Russia blossom, spiritually strong and an enlightened government which remembers its past and preserves the holy traditions of her forefathers."
Metropolitan Hilarion also forwarded a letter to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin thanking him for his enormous contribution to the strengthening of the Russian State."
"I pray the Lord God that He help you in your task as Prime Minister, that with your help the newly-elected President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Anatolievich Medvedev will continue along the path you embarked upon of the renascence, renewal and strengthening of Russia," states the letter.
On May 17, the Church celebrated the first anniversary of signing the Act of Canonical Communion with the Moscow Patriarchate. Thus, after decades of the Soviet epoch there was established the communion not only of the two parts of the Russian Church, but also of the Russian people split as a result of the revolution and the civil war.
For a long time, the clergy and lay people of ROCOR were explaining the failure to reconcile with the Mother Church with the alleged collaboration of the latter with the Soviet regime.
Source:
http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=4711
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