March 9/22, 2024

To His Holiness
KYRILL
Patriarch of Moscow & All Russia

Your Holiness,
Most Holy Master!

Having learned of the horrible attack on the peaceful citizens of Moscow, I hasten to express my deepest condolences to Your Holiness, and through you to the archpastors, clergy, and flock of the Russian Orthodox Church and the entire Russian people. Our thoughts and prayers in this bitter hour are with the relatives and loved ones of the innocent victims and those suffering. May the Lord bestow His eternal peace to the reposed, and speediest healing to the suffering.

Remembering today the miracle of Great-Martyr Theodore the Tyro, who supported Christians in their difficult times of persecution, we pray, hope, and believe that even now, through the intercession of this wondrous saint, "The Lord will give strength unto His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace" (Psalms 28:11), helping our dear brothers and sisters in the Fatherland to overcome the consequences of this tragedy.

Asking your holy prayers, I remain with constant love in the Lord,

+NICHOLAS
Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York
First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia