Head of the Orthodox Church of Kazakhstan Congratulates the National Medical Research Center for Otorhinolaryngology of the FMBA of Russia on Receiving the Order of Pirogov

May 7, 2026. The Head of the Orthodox Church of Kazakhstan, Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan, congratulated the director and staff of the National Medical Research Center for Otorhinolaryngology of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency of the Russian Federation on being awarded the Order of Pirogov.

Metropolitan Alexander serves as rector of the house church dedicated to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, at the National Medical Research Center for Otorhinolaryngology of the FMBA of Russia.

To the Director of the National Medical Research Center for Otorhinolaryngology of the FMBA of Russia, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor N.A. Daikhes

Dear Nikolai Arkadyevich!

CHRIST IS RISEN!

I congratulate you and, in your person, the National Medical Research Center for Otorhinolaryngology of the FMBA of Russia on receiving the Order of Pirogov. In recognition of outstanding services to the state in the field of healthcare, the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, has bestowed this high award upon the institution under your leadership.

The motto of the Order – “Mercy, Duty, Selflessness” – fully characterizes the work of the leadership and staff of your center, which today rightfully ranks among the leading medical institutions of the country. You have assembled a team of outstanding specialists united by the noble mission of restoring and preserving human health. Within the walls of the center, scientific research and practical work are carried out, and highly effective efforts are undertaken in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of various illnesses. The National Medical Research Center for Otorhinolaryngology of the FMBA makes a significant contribution to strengthening public health, developing and implementing innovative methods of diagnosis and patient rehabilitation, and training qualified personnel for Russian medical institutions.

From my heart, I wish you, dear Nikolai Arkadyevich, as well as the leadership and specialists of the National Medical Research Center for Otorhinolaryngology of the FMBA of Russia, continued success in your labors for the benefit of your neighbors, and I invoke God’s blessing upon your good works and undertakings.

TRULY CHRIST IS RISEN!