On April 30, 2026, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, arrived in the USA. Over the next two weeks, His Grace will visit the parishes of the Western States deanery, the parishes in Canada, and the parishes of the Eastern and Atlantic States, and will lead the patronal feast of the cathedral in New York.
Meetings with hierarchs of other Orthodox jurisdictions are also planned during the visit.
The archpastor is accompanied on the trip by his personal secretary, Subdeacon Nikolai Trubnikov.