On September 20–21, 2023, services for the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos were celebrated at St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York. A side-chapel of the cathedral is dedicated to this Great Feast.
The All-Night Vigil on September 20 and the Divine Liturgy on September 21 were led by the rector of the cathedral, Archpriest Igor Vyzhanov. Concelebrating with him were the acting Chancellor of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Hegumen Nikodim (Balyasnikov), and Priest Anthony Kurakevich.
In his address to the parishioners, Archpriest Igor Vyzhanov congratulated them on one of the cathedral’s patronal feasts and recalled his participation in the consecration of the altar of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos side-chapel, performed in 2010 by Archbishop Justinian (Ovchinnikov), Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA in 2010–2014.