Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia on the Day of the Name Day. Congratulatory telegram published on May 24 at website The Kremlin.
As the head of state noted, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church is sincerely and infinitely respected both in Russia and abroad. This was facilitated by “the long-term responsible service, concern for the well-being of Russian citizens, the strengthening of traditional spiritual, moral, family values, the high peacekeeping mission” of the patriarch, the president said.
“You tirelessly direct your efforts to enlightenment and charity, pay great attention to maintaining interreligious and interfaith dialogue, cooperation between church and state,” concluded Putin.
The word namesake comes from the old Slavic “namesake”, “name-name”. This is the day when the name day is celebrated, the memory of the saint is celebrated, whose name is given at baptism.
On the night of May 2, Putin arrived at the Easter service at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, in which Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia performed the service. With the onset of the holiday, the Patriarch congratulated the Orthodox on the holiday of the radiant Resurrection of Christ.
This year, the celebration of Easter is special because there is hope for an early end to the pandemic, he said.
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source https://pledgetimes.com/putin-congratulated-patriarch-kirill-on-his-namesake-day/
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