His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed his condolences on the death of President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ebrahim Raisi.
To the Supreme Spiritual Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Dear brother!
I am shocked by the news of the tragic death in a plane crash of the President of the Republic of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, and the high-ranking statesmen and clerics accompanying him.
On behalf of the Russian Orthodox Church, I express my deep condolences to you and the entire Iranian people. I sincerely share the heartache of the Iranian citizens who mourn the death of the country's President. I ask you to convey to the relatives and friends of the victims words of support, wishes of courage and strength to endure the bitterness of the loss.
With condolences,
+CYRIL,
PATRIARCH OF MOSCOW AND ALL RUSSIA