Bucharest, 27 September 2024
His Holiness Karekin II,
Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians
Your Holiness,
With love in Christ the Lord, we have received Your Holiness’ invitation to delegate His Grace Varlaam of Ploiești, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch and Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, to the events organized on the occasion of the re-consecration of the Patriarchal Cathedral in Echmiadzin, a place of worship of particular importance in the history of the Armenian Apostolic Church, which you have been fruitfully shepherding for more than 20 years.
At the same time, the presence of our delegate in Echmiadzin, on the occasion of the re-consecration of the Patriarchal Cathedral, is a testimony of the good historical relations between the Romanian Orthodox Church and the Armenian Apostolic Church, as well as between the Romanian people and the Armenian community in Romania, manifested in concrete ways and through the fundraising campaign organized by our church for Armenian refugees from Artsakh.
In these solemn moments for the Armenian Apostolic Church, we pray our Lord Jesus Christ to bestow upon Your Holiness peace, spiritual joy and abundant blessings in the activity you carry out. At the same time, we lift up our prayers to the Almighty God for the establishment of a just and lasting peace in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, where the Armenian Christian population faces severe challenges.
With joy in Christ the Lord,
† Daniel
Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church
Foto credit: Arhiva Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
