The Patriarch thanks Mikheil Saakashvili for congratulating him on his enthronement day and wishes him health and courage.

"Mr. Mikheil, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for congratulating me on the enthronement day. I wish you a happy birthday and a happy new year. I wish you health, courage and, first of all, God's mercy to strengthen your spiritual strength and to perceive the true other reality", reads the letter, which was made public by Saakashvili's lawyer, Shalva Khachapuridze.