On May 25, 2026, Monday of the 7th week of Pascha, on the national Memorial Day, St. Tikhon’s Monastery in Pennsylvania held the traditional commemoration of the founders of the monastery, which draws many pilgrims from various Orthodox jurisdictions in the USA.

On the afternoon of Sunday, May 24, 2026, while visiting the parishes of the Atlantic States deanery, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, visited the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

On May 24, 2026, on the eve of the national Memorial Day holiday, after the Liturgy at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, visited the parish cemetery, where he served a litiya for the departed at the resting place of the ever-memorable Archpriest Basil Mysak and his wife, Matushka Pamela Anne. The bishop prayerfully commemorated all the departed parishioners of Sts. Peter and Paul parish buried in this holy place.

On Sunday, May 24, 2026, the 7th Sunday of Pascha, of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council, and the feast of Sts. Methodius and Cyril, Equals-to-the-Apostles and Teachers of the Slavs, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, visited the parish of Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he celebrated the Divine Liturgy.

On May 22, 2026, the feast of the Translation of the Relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra in Lycia to Bari, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York.

On the evening of May 21, 2026, on the eve of the feast of the Translation of the Relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra in Lycia to Bari, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, celebrated the All-Night Vigil at St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York.

On May 21, 2026, the feast of the Ascension of the Lord and of the Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, at the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York, hierarchs, clergy and laity of the Russian Church Outside of Russia and of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA prayerfully marked the 19th anniversary of the signing of the Act of Canonical Communion between the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia and the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate.

On Wednesday evening, May 20, 2026, on the eve of the feast of the Ascension of the Lord and the memory of the Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, celebrated the All-Night Vigil at St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York with the cathedral clergy.

On May 20, 2026, the Leave-taking of Pascha, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, celebrated the Divine Liturgy according to the Paschal rite at St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York with the cathedral clergy.