Order is
under the Spiritual Protection of His Holiness Aleksey II, The Most Holy
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
Under the
Imperial Protection of the House of the Romanov, In the Person of His Highness
Prince Michael of Russia
Sanctioning
of the Order by His Holiness Aleksy II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russsia
Translation
of above:
To Nicholas
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 asssurance that your Order is not affiliated
with either the Roman Catholic Order or Freemasonry, I am invoking Gods
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
The document
was signed at 18:45 on November 28, 1992 at the Three Saints Cultural Center,
Garfield, N.J. and St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral, NY
