Archbishop Sotirios' Pledge to Our Monastery 2023

English translation below.

2 June 2023

Reverent Abbess Thekla and Sisters

Monastere Vierge-Marie La Consolatrice

827, Chemin de la Carriere

Brownsburg-Chatham (Quebec), J8G 1K7

Dear Gerondissa Thekla,

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God the Father and communion of the Holy Spirit be with you always.

When I visited our Monastery on Monday, May 22^nd, you kindly showed me around the building under construction. It was a great pleasure and I thank you.

You informed me that it would take three and a half million dollars ($3,500,000) to finish the skeleton of the building. You also told me that a new organization of supporters of the Monastery has been established. I promised you that our Holy Archdiocese will donate for our Monastery and especially for this purpose, one million dollars ($1,000,000) if you and the friends of the Monastery first raise the remaining two and a half million dollars ($2,500,000). You can publish this letter.

I thank and congratulate you and the entire sisterhood as well as the friends of the Monastery for your good efforts.

I wish you every success. I shall look forward with great pleasure to your positive news.

With paternal love and warm wishes

THE ARCHBISHOP

(signature)

OF CANADA SOTIRIOS