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"There can be no Christian without good deeds."
— His Holiness Patriarch Kirill
Presentation of Professor Kenworthy’s Book “The People’s Patriarch,” Dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Repose of Saint Tikhon, Held in Philadelphia
On Saturday, April 25, 2026, with the blessing of Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary administrator of the Patriarchal parishes in the USA and Canada, a conference dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the repose of Saint Tikhon—the Enlightener of America and Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus’—was held at St. Michael the Archangel Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
“We celebrate the death of death, the beginning of another, eternal life…”
On April 12, 2026, the day of the Bright Resurrection of Christ (Holy Pascha), Paschal services were held at St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York City.
EASTER GREETINGS FROM BISHOP MATTHEW OF SOUROZH, INTERIM ADMINISTRATOR OF THE PATRIARCHAL PARISHES IN THE USA AND CANADA
Beloved in the Lord, most honorable fathers, dear brothers and sisters! CHRIST IS RISEN! With reverent joy in the Risen Savior, I warmly greet you and congratulate you on the Feast of feasts and the Triumph of triumphs— THE BRIGHT RESURRECTION OF CHRIST!
Paschal Message by Patriarch KIRILL of Moscow and All Russia to the archpastors, pastors, deacons, monastics and all the faithful children of the Russian Orthodox Church
Beloved in the Lord Most Reverend archpastors, all-honourable presbyters and deacons, God-loving monks and nuns, dear brothers and sisters: CHRIST IS RISEN!
CHRIST IS RISEN!
“O Lord my God, I will sing a funeral hymn to Thee…”
During the holy days of Passion Week, preceding the feast of Pascha, the services prescribed by the Typikon were celebrated at St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York.
Schedule of services for Holy Week and Easter:
April 10, Good Friday
9:00 AM – Royal Hours
3:00 PM – Vespers with the Rite of the Removal of the Shroud
6:00 PM – Matins with the Rite of the Burial of the Shroud
April 11, Holy Saturday
9:00 AM – Hours, Vespers with Liturgy
After Liturgy until 10:00 PM – Blessing of Paschal Food
11:20 PM – Midnight Office of the Hours
April 12, BRIGHT RESURRECTION OF CHRIST
12:00 AM – Procession with the Cross, Paschal Matins, Liturgy
10:00 AM – Divine Liturgy (late)
3:00 PM – Great Paschal Vespers
April — Russian-American History Month
Since 2012, at the initiative of RACSI and with the support of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, the month of APRIL, after consideration and a vote by the New York State Senate, has been established as Russian-American History Month in the State of New York. Calendar of events for April 2026
Bishop Matthew Sends Congratulations to a New Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia
On Saturday, March 28, the feast of the Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos, at the cathedral of the Western American Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in San Francisco, California, Archimandrite Peter (Karakozov) was consecrated Bishop of Seattle, vicar of the Western American Diocese, at the Divine Liturgy by a host of bishops led by the First Hierarch, Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America and New York.
Funeral of Archpriest Basil Mysak Held at Sts. Peter and Paul Church
On Saturday, March 28, 2026, the feast of the Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and the evening before, the funeral service for the newly reposed Archpriest Basil Mysak.