On October 28, 2022, the rector of St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York, Archpriest Igor Vyzhanov, visited the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, where he met with the First Hierarch, Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America and New York.
The Metropolitan warmly congratulated Fr. Igor on his appointment and arrival in New York and expressed confidence in the continuation of constructive fraternal cooperation between the clergy of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and the parishes of the Russian Church Outside of Russia. As a blessing for his forthcoming labors and in memory of the meeting, Metropolitan Nicholas presented Archpriest Igor with an icon of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church.
Also taking part in the meeting were the Secretary of the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, Archpriest Serafim Gan, and the cleric of St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York, Hegumen Nikodim (Balyasnikov).