On May 20, 2025, the temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, arrived in New York.
At John F. Kennedy International Airport, the bishop was met by the acting Secretary of the diocese, Hegumen Nikodim (Balyasnikov), and the head of the chancery, Priest Mark Rashkov.
During the visit, the archpastor will lead the patronal feast of St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York, as well as the Assembly of Clergy and Laity of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the repose of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow, and the 55th anniversary of the establishment of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA.
On the national Memorial Day, Bishop Matthew will concelebrate with the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, at St. Tikhon’s Monastery in Pennsylvania.
The bishop is accompanied on his trip by his personal secretary Nikolai Trubnikov.
