Patriarch
of Moscow
and All Russia
5, Chisty Pereulok, Moscow 119034

To the President of the
Orthodox Fellowship of
All Saints of China,
Mr. Nelson Mitrophan Chin

Dear brother in the Lord, Mitrophan!

I thank you sincerely for your greeting on my election as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, for your kind words and good wishes towards me. I accept what has occurred as the Lord's will, and I intend to exercise my spiritual leadership with a sense of great responsibility, totally relying on His help.

I wish you spiritual and bodily health, the blessings of success in your work and God's help in any good endeavor.

I call God's blessing on the work of the Fellowship,

+ KIRILL
PATRIARCH OF MOSCOW AND ALL RUSSIA