The Patriarch of Serbia congratulated the Patriarch of Romania on his 75th birthday

Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia sent a heartfelt congratulatory letter to Patriarch Daniel of Romania on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of his birth.

In his letter, the Primate of the Patriarchate of Serbia writes: Your Beatitude, beloved brother and concelebrant in Christ,

Remaining always in the love of Christ and never forgetting our fellow human beings, I take this opportunity to extend to You my most heartfelt wishes on the occasion of the completion of the 75th year of Your honoured life.

May the good God, through Whose divine will You came into this world and Whose almighty hand has guided You to the throne of Patriarchal ministry of the Romanian Church, grant You, for the sake of His Holy Churches, a peaceful, healthy, blameless, venerable, and long life, as one who rightly divides the word of His truth.

With the most sincere prayerful wish that You may spend the remainder of Your life in peace and spiritual joy, and that Your Patriarchal ministry may prove beneficial to the fullness of the Orthodox Church and contribute to the preservation of its canonical order, we send to You, as well as to the Christ-loving clergy and the devout people of Your local…