On the evening of May 21, 2025, on the eve of the celebration of the transfer of the relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra in Lycia to Bari, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, celebrated an all-night vigil at St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York City.
The archpastor was assisted by the rector of the cathedral, Archpriest Igor Vyzhanov, the acting secretary of the diocese, Hegumen Nikodim (Balyasnikov), the head of the Pilgrimage Service of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, the rector of the Church of St. Gregory the Theologian in Tampa, Florida, Archpriest Andrei Kovalev, and the clergy of the cathedral.
