On October 25, 2021, during an archpastoral visit to North America, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Bishop of Sourozh, temporarily Governor of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, arrived in Ottawa.
The bishop held a working meeting with staff of the Representation of the Moscow Patriarchate in the USA, Hegumen Nikodim (Balyasnikov) and Priest Mark Rashkov, who arrived as part of a delegation of clergy of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA to take part in the hierarchical service and the work of the Bishop’s Council. During the meeting, current documents were reviewed and the agenda of the council, to be held on October 26 after the Liturgy, was discussed. The bishop’s personal secretary, Subdeacon Nikolai Trubnikov, also took part in the meeting.