On February 10, 2023, an official reception on the occasion of Diplomats’ Day was given at the Permanent Mission of Russia to the UN on behalf of the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, Vasily Alekseyevich Nebenzya.
At the invitation of the head of the Mission, the event was attended by the Chancellor of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Archpriest Igor Vyzhanov; the Vice-Chancellor of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Priest Mark Rashkov; and longtime staff member of St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York, Mikhail Krokhta.