The Orthodox Knights Hospitaller

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

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

  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