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MOSCOW, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia has sent greetings to Orthodox believers for Friday's Orthodox Christmas.
"May God send peace and joy, brotherhood and virtue, wisdom and hope to all the people," the patriarch said in his address, reports the Interfax news agency.
Alexy said last year was a difficult year for Russia.
"Flouting everything that is holy in their impious madness, terrorists raised their hands against children. The deaths of innocent victims has become our common grief and filled our hearts with pain and sorrow," he said.
"But at the same time, the horrible tragedy has shown that moral ideals are alive in the people: facing death, many people manifested high examples of sacrificial love for their neighbors, laying down their lives for their friends, as the Holy Scripture says," the patriarch said.
Alexy also addressed Christians and people of otehr faiths, saying: "Let us work together for the sake of peace and the prosperity of our peoples."
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