Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia has congratulated leaders of Christian churches, including Armenian Apostolic Church.

The message of congratulations was addressed to Roman Pontiff Francis, Armenian Catholicos Karekin II, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby of the Anglican Church, Chairman of the Evangelical Church Council in Germany Nikolaus Schneider and Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland Kari Makinen, Interfax reported.

In his message Kirill said despite challenges Christians are faced with, Christian leaders were “to conquer together the evil of "this world.”