On Monday, February 3, with the blessing of Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, the Chancellor and the head of the chancery of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Archpriest George Konev and Priest Mark Rashkov, visited the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, Metropolitan Tikhon, at his official residence in Syosset. Also taking part in the meeting were the Chancellor of the Orthodox Church in America, Archpriest Alexander Rentel; the Primate’s secretary, Archdeacon Joseph Matusiak; and the head of the press service of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Reader George Konev.
The representatives of the Moscow Patriarchate parishes in the USA conveyed the congratulations and good wishes of Bishop Matthew on the recent anniversary of His Beatitude’s enthronement.
During the meeting, held in a warm fraternal atmosphere, topics of cooperation between the Russian and American Orthodox Churches were discussed, including in the framework of the 50th anniversary, marked this year, of the granting of autocephaly to the Orthodox Church in America and of the formation of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA.
