On April 6, on the eve of the feast of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos and the 95th anniversary of the repose of St. Tikhon the Confessor, Patriarch of All Russia, after the All-Night Vigil at St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York, with the blessing of Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, the cathedral clergy made an automobile procession through all the boroughs of New York with an icon of St. Tikhon containing a particle of his holy relics.
The clergy and laity of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA were invited to pray and read the akathist together with the clergy to the Heavenly Patron of America and builder of St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York, St. Tikhon.
In all the boroughs of the city — Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Brighton, Queens and the Bronx — stops were made, and litanies and the prayer in time of harmful pestilence were offered, as well as prayers for the healing of the sick.
The clergy also visited the St. John of Kronstadt House of Industry, under the patronage of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, where a moleben was served with the leadership and residents of the institution in its house chapel dedicated to the Icon of the Mother of God “The Inexhaustible Chalice.”
The procession ended at midnight at St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York with a moleben to St. Tikhon.
