Anastasios
Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and All Albania

His Eminence PAVEL Metropolitan of Vyshgorod and Chornobyl,
Higoumene of the Lavra Caves Monastery-Kyiv

c\o His Eminence Onufriy Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine

Your Eminence beloved brother in Christ,

With the deepest sorrow we follow the painful trials of Your beloved Eminence and Your chosen flock.

We participate in Your sufferings, and, to extend of our capabilities, we share where appropriate our testimony about the atrocities against the pious Orthodox holy clergy, the devout people, as well as the renowned sacred place of Lavra Caves Monastery. Fraternally, we pray that God strengthen You to “commend yourself as minister of God: in much patience, in tribulations, in needs, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments” (2 Cor. 6:4-5).

Our thoughts and supplications unceasingly are with You, so that aligning Yourself with the chorus of the new martyrs, You also may face the present absurd persecution by Orthodox “by the Holy Spirit, by the word of truth, by the power of God… as unknown yet well known, as dying and behold we live, as chastened, and yet not killed’’ (2 Cor. 6:6-9).

With high esteem and sincere love of Christ,

Tirana August 11th, 2023

Archbishop of Tirana, Durres, and all Albania Anastasios