Many congregation members travelled to Cleveland on Tuesday, November 29th to receive the blessing of our beloved father H.H. Pope Shenouda III. His Holiness was so gracious that he greeted each member of the trip, prayed for them, and signed commemorative souvenirs and cards. His Holiness also encouraged the church clergy and the congregationby saying that SMSV has become a symbol for other mission churches and that it is truly a multicultural church where its congregation come from all nations, tribes, tongues, and languages. With a very modest and humble spirit, His Holiness asked the visiting congregation to pray for his health that Sayedna would be able to visit us in our church. We are all very blessed by the support and prayers of our beloved shepherd and we pray that the Lord would keep him for the Church many more years to come.