NEW YORK: 29 January 2026
Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America and New York sends congratulations to Metropolitan Mark of Berlin and Germany on his 85th birthday

To His Eminence Metropolitan MARK
of Berlin and Germany

Your Eminence, Dear Vladyko:

With a kind heart, I congratulate you on Your 85th birthday, fervently asking before the Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God “of the Sign” for You to retain gracious inner peace, unceasing help from God, and strength of both soul and body!

I am deeply grateful to you, holy Vladyka, for your invaluable archpastoral care over the flock entrusted to you, for your love, support, and guidance, for your active participation in the work of the Synod of Bishops, and for the evident example of a zealous practitioner of monastic duties and service to God, the Church, the clergy, and the faithful.

I sincerely wish you and your brethren success in your continued service and strength in walking unimpeded along the path to salvation, so that all who come to the monastery of Venerable Job in Munich may find in it hope for salvation, spiritual support, and comfort!

As I seek your holy prayers, I remain with love in the Lord,

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