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Patriarch Daniil congratulates Metrpolitan Onufriy of Kyiv on the 10th anniversary of his enthronement

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Patriarch Daniil of Bulgaria sent a letter to Metropolitan Onufriy of Kyiv and All Ukraine (Moscow Patriarchate), the Bulgarian Patriarchate reported. The message reads: "Your Beatitude, on this date exactly 10 years ago, your solemn enthronement as Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine took place following the canonical election conducted by the bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.  During this ten-year period, you have established yourself as a worthy successor to the great hierarchs and confessors of the Metropolitan See of Kiev," the message said. 

''In recent years, brotherly Ukraine has gone through the terrible crucible of a bloody war", Patriarch Daniil said and thanked Metropolitan Onufriy of Kyiv and All Ukraine for always being a unifier and peacemaker in times of division, reports BTA. "We all pray for peace in Ukraine which is an important condition for peace across the world", the head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church wrote further.




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