The Sovereign Order of Orthodox Knights Hospitaller,
Saint John of Jerusalem.

OFFICIAL BLESSING OF THE ORDER BY HIS HOLINESS ALEKSY II, PATRIARCH OF MOSCOW AND ALL RUSSIA

Source: Archives of the Russian Grand Priory, Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller.
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N. A. Bobrinskomu Pravoslavnyj Orden Gospital'erov Sv. Ioanna Ierusalimskogo Prinimaja ko vnimaniju Vashe khodatajstvo o blagoslovenii vozstanovlennomu Pravoslavnomu Ordenu Gospital'erov Sv. Ioanna Ierusalimskogo kak blagotvoritel'noj organizatsii, i v vidu Vashego kategoricheskogo zaverenija, chto Vasha organizatsija ne imeet nichego obshchego ni s rimskim-katolicheskim Ordenom, ni s masonstvom, ja prizyvaju Bozhie blagoslovenie na Vas, na chlenov Ordena i na ego blagotvoritel'nuju dejatel'nost' na pomoshch' nashej Pravoslavnoj Cherkvi i russkomu narodu. Da pomozhet Vam Gospod'! + ALEKSII

His Holiness Aleksey II. The Most Holy Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.

To N. A. Bobrinskoy The Sovereign Order of the Orthodox Knights Hospitaller of Saint John of Jerusalem. Having considered your petition for the sanctioning of the revived Order of the Orthodox Knights Hospitaller of St. John of Jerusalem as a charitable organization, and in view of your categorical assurance that your Order is not affiliated with either the Roman Catholic Order or Freemasonry, I am invoking God's blessing upon you, the members of your Order, and its charitable work to render assistance to the Orthodox Church and the Russian people. May the Lord God help you. (signed) Patriarch Aleksy Witness to the signature: Dr. Arcadi Nebolsine 1992 November 28 18:45 Three Saints Cultural Center St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral Garfield NJ USA

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