On Sunday, September 6, 2026, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh—Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA & Canada—visited St. John Chrysostom Church in Grand Rapids, MI, as part of his archpastoral visit to Central States Deanery, where he celebrated Divine Liturgy.
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On the evening of September 5, 2026, as part of his visit to the Central States Deanery, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh—interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada—visited the Church of St. Andrew the First-Called in East Lansing, MI.
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On September 5, 2026—the apodosis of the feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos—Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, celebrated Divine Liturgy in St. Innocent of Irkutsk Church in Redford, MI.
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On September 4, 2026, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA & Canada, began his visit to the parishes of the Central States Deanery.
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On August 28, 2026, a meeting took place at St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York between Bishop Matthew of Sourozh—Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada—and architects Alexander Molodin and Deacon Andrei Malyshew.
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On August 30, 2026—the 13th Sunday after Pentecost and afterfeast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos—Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in St. Nicholas Church in Bayonne, NJ.
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On August 29, 2026, on the eve of the 13th Sunday after Pentecost, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh—Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA—celebrated the All-Night Vigil at St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York, concelebrating with the cathedral clergy.
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On August 28, 2026, the feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, celebrated Divine Liturgy in St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York City.
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On August 25, 2026, on the eve of the feast of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk and the leave-taking of the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States, served a moleben to the saint in St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York City.
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On August 23, 2026—the 12th Sunday after Pentecost & Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of the Lord—the clergy and parishioners of St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York prayerfully marked the 90th anniversary of the martyrdom of the church’s founder and first rector, Protopresbyter Alexander Hotovitzky
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On August 22, 2026, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA & Canada, arrived in New York City.
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Please accept my heartfelt greetings on the occasion of your 60th birthday! Joining me in offering prayers for you are the clergy and faithful of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, who love and deeply respect you as the Primate of the Orthodox Church closest to us in spirit and history.
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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' has congratulated His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada on his 60th birthday.
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On Wednesday, 24 June, the Feast of the Holy Apostles Bartholomew and Barnabas, the faithful of Metro Detroit were again blessed by the visit of the Mother of God in her Hawaiian Iveron Icon to St. Innocent of Irkutsk parish in Redford, MI.
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On May 27, 2026, the final day of his visit to the United States, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States & Canada, held a working meeting with the chancery staff and clergy of St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York City.
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On May 26, 2026, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, led the traditional Tuesday evening youth meeting at St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York City.
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On Monday, May 25, 2026—the seventh week after Pascha and the national observance of Memorial Day—the traditional commemoration of the monastery’s founders took place at St. Tikhon’s Monastery in Pennsylvania. This annual event draws a multitude of pilgrims from various Orthodox jurisdictions across the United States.
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On the afternoon of Sunday, May 24, 2026—during a visitation of the parishes within the Atlantic States Deanery—Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA & Canada, visited the St. Nicholas Church in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
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On May 24, 2026—on the eve of Memorial Day—following the Divine Liturgy in Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Scranton, PA, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, visited the parish cemetery.
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On Sunday, May 24, 2026—the 7th Sunday after Pascha, commemorating the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council and the feast of Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Methodius and Cyril, Teachers of the Slavs—Bishop Matthew of Sourozh
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On May 22, 2026—the feast of the Translation of the Relics of Holy Hierarch and Wonderworker Nicholas from Myra in Lycia to Bari—Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA & Canada, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York City.
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On the evening of May 21, 2026—the eve of the feast of the Translation of the Relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra in Lycia to Bari—Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, officiated All-Night Vigil at St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York City.
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On May 21, 2026—the Feast of the Ascension of our Lord and the feast of Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian—hierarchs, clergy, and laity of the Russian Church Abroad and the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA prayerfully observed the 19th anniversary of the signing of the Act of Canonical Communion
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On Wednesday evening, May 20, 2026—the eve of the feast of the Ascension of our Lord and Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian—Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, officiated All-Night Vigil at St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York City, concelebrated by cathedral clergy.
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On May 20, 2026— the Apodosis of Pascha—Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, celebrated the Paschal Divine Liturgy in St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York City, concelebrated by the cathedral clergy.
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On May 19, 2026, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh—Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada—held a traditional youth gathering following the evening divine service. The meeting took place in the parish hall of St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York City.
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On May 19, 2026—the eve of the Apodosis of the Feast of the Glorious Resurrection of Christ—Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, officiated matins in St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York City, co-served by cathedral clergy.
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On May 17, 2026—the 6th Sunday after Pascha (the Sunday of the Blind Man)—Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Holy Trinity Church in Baltimore, MD.
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On behalf of the clergy, monastics and laity of the Diocese of Sourozh and the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, please accept our most heartfelt congratulations on the significant jubilee of your 55th birthday!
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His Holiness, Patriarch Kyrill of Moscow and all Rus', congratulated His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, on the occasion of his 55th birthday.
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On May 16, 2026, continuing his archpastoral visit to the city of Philadelphia, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, visited St. Andrew Cathedral.
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On Saturday, May 16, 2026—the fifth Saturday after Pascha—a joint Paschal divine service was served in St. Michael Church in Philadelphia, PA officiated by the Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh.
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On May 14, 2026, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh—Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada—arrived in New York, as part of his Paschal visit to North America.
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On May 4, 2026, with the blessing of Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco and Western America, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh—Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada—visited the Diocesan Cathedral of Our Lady "Joy of All Who Sorrow" in San Francisco, CA.
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On May 4, 2026, a meeting took place in Holy Trinity Cathedral—the diocesan seat of the Diocese of the West of the Orthodox Church in America in San Francisco—between the Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, and Bishop Vasily of San Francisco and the West.
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On May 3, 2026—the 4th Sunday after Pascha that of the Paralytic —Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA & Canada, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in San Francisco, CA.
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On May 2, 2026—Saturday in the Third Week after Pascha and the feast of Blessed Matrona of Moscow—Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA & Canada, celebrated Divine Liturgy in Our Lady of Kazan Church in San Diego, CA.
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On May 1, 2026, following a visit to the Church of Our Lady of Kazan in San Diego, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh—Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada—visited Mission San Diego de Alcalá, the very site where the European history of California effectively began.
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On May 1, 2026, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh—Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada—arrived in San Diego, CA, as part of his visit to the deaneries in the United States.
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On April 30, 2026, upon his arrival in the United States, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh—Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada—visited the Mission of the Holy Archangel Gabriel and the Port of the Holy Apostle Peter in Los Angeles.
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On April 30, 2026, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, arrived in the United States.
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On Saturday April 25, the Atlantic States Deanery conducted a special event at St. Michael the Archangel Church in Philadelphia to honor the memory and historical legacy of the Holy Hierarch Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow.
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In all its richness and diversity, the human language knows no words more joyful and desired for the believing heart than this overwhelming testimony to the victory of life over death and good over evil.
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The Atlantic States Deanery of the Patriarchal Parishes will welcome Dr. Scott Kenworthy to give a special presentation on the life of the Holy Patriarch Tikhon on Saturday, April 25, 2026 beginning at 10:00 AM.
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On Saturday, March 28—the Feast of the Laudation of the Most Holy Theotokos—at the Diocesan Cathedral of the Western American Diocese in San Francisco, California, during the Divine Liturgy celebrated by a host of hierarchs led by the First Hierarch
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On Saturday, March 28, the feast of the Laudation of the Most Holy Theotokos, the Divine Liturgy for the newly reposed Archpriest Basil Micek was celebrated in Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Scranton, PA. The evening prior, March 27, the funeral for a priest was served.
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On March 20, 2026, after a prolonged illness, Archpriest Basil Micek—cleric of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and rector of Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Scranton, Pennsylvania—reposed in the Lord. He was 77 years old.
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As is the custom in recent years, on March 1, the clergy and faithful of the Central States Deanery gathered to pray Lenten Vespers.
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On February 27, the Icon Museum and Research Center in Clinton, Massachusetts, opened an exhibition of Oleg Kushnirsky's unique collection of Russian icons. The exhibition features icons from the 17th to 20th centuries by masters of Palekh, Guslitsa, Mstera, and other renowned icon-painting schools.
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With heartfelt joy I greet all of you and wholeheartedly congratulate you on the radiant feast of the Nativity of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ!
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Please accept my heartfelt congratulations to you all on the radiant feast day of the Nativity of Our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ as I address you with the words of the ancient Christian hymn:
