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ORTHODOX SYRIAN CFIURCH

CATHOLICATE OF THE EAsT.

BASE.LIUS AUGEN
CATHOLICOS

KOTTAYAM-4
' KERALA, INDIA

No., 2A8/68

12th August, 1968

Tho Rev.

Dr. V.C. Sanuelt fhe Unlted Theologlcal Colleget

17 Mlller Road, BANGALORE -6-

ApostoLle blesslngs
We

to

Our

splrltual

sono the Rev. Dr. V.C. Salnusl.

reJolee that you have been appolnted, a Professor on the Faculty of Tehology of the Halle Sellassle f Unlversity of Add,ls Ababa, Ethlopla, ard we are wrlttng to glve Fou,our permlsslon to'serv6 thare for a few years as an anbassador of our Orthodox Church l"n Indla. WhlLe you serve ln Ethlopla you have a speelal responslblIlty to keep ln close touch nlth our sister Ethloptan Orthodox Church and to remeuber corrstantly ln your prayers ard ltturgtcaL servlces the Enperor Halle SeLasste I. You should also look aftert wlth the other prlests of or:r Chureh tlrere, the splrltual mtnlstratlons of our people vho are engaged 1n servlee ln Ethiopla and elsevhere ln those reglons. We hope and pray the Alelghty God that you sllL have a successftrL tenure of servLce tn Ethlopa, and tlat you ltill cone back and serve our Chureh here 1n Indla.
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all

the Son, and the Eoly

and

tlr lloly Trlnltyr the Fatheft b upon you and youl fanll-y and t4ron youi undertaklngs, through the prayets of St. Mary the Vlrgln
May

the blesslngs of

Sptrlt,

God

of all the saints.

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