“I prayerfully wish Your Beatitude God’s help in all things. May the All-Good Lord, through the prayers of His Most Pure Mother and all the saints, strengthen you in your primatial ministry to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and preserve you in good health for many blessed years!

“through his unceasing prayer, high authority, and paternal love, His Beatitude embraces the sorrows of his flock

“the Lord had chosen Metropolitan Onuphry for primatial ministry in these difficult times

“Your Beatitude, adorned with the noble labor of monastic life and wise archpastoral ministry, you are for all of us an example of sincere steadfastness in the Truth.