On Saturday December 19, the feast of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker; His Grace Bishop John of Naro-Fominsk, Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA led the Divine Liturgy in St. Nicholas Cathedral, NYC on the occasion of its patronal feast day. 

Before the start of the Divine Liturgy, Bishop John tonsured Alexander Shtarev, altar server of St. Nicholas Church in Chester, PA, a reader. 

His Grace was co-served at the Divine Liturgy by:

Archpriest Alexander Golubov, Cathedral cleric;

Archpriest Nikolai Babijtchouk, Rector of the Church of all Saints Glorified in the Russian Lands, Pine Bush, NY;

Archpriest Andrei Sommer, Senior-Priest of the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign, New York City;

Archpriest Igor Tarasov, Rector of St. George Church, Bayside NY; 

Archpriest Alexey Bocharnikov, Rector of St. Nicholas Church, Chester PA, Spiritual Father of the Cossack Congress in America;

Priest Alexey Paranyuk, Cathedral cleric

Protodeacon Igor Panachev, Cathedral cleric;

Protodeacon Vadim Gan, cleric of the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign, New York City;

Deacon Rodion Shamazov, Cathedral cleric;

Deacon John Peters, Cathedral cleric;

Deacon Mark Rashkov, Cathedral cleric

At the end of the Divine Liturgy, the clergy served a short moleben before the icon of St. Nicholas. Bishop John then congratulated Fr. Nikolai Babijtchouk and the parishioners of St. Nicholas Cathedral on the feast of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.