On December 28, 2021, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’ had a telephone conversation with His Beatitude Tikhon, Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada.
His Holiness congratulated him on the feast of the Nativity of Christ, which is celebrated by the Orthodox Church in America according to the Revised Julian calendar, and on the coming New Year.
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon assured each other of their mutual prayers and exchanged information on the spread of the coronavirus infection in the USA and Russia. They expressed regret that, owing to the epidemic situation, the meeting of the two Primates expected in November in connection with the celebration of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s 75th birthday could not take place, and expressed hope that, circumstances permitting, such a meeting would take place in the spring of 2022.