On Saturday February 8, the clergy of the Eastern States Deanery celebrated Divine Liturgy in St. Nicholas Church in Bayonne, NJ.

On January 30, 2025, at the invitation of the Mayor of New York and with the blessing of the Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA & Canada, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Vice-Chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Priest Mark Rashkov took part in the annual "Prayer Breakfast" at the New York Public Library.

The clergy and laity of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA with great sorrow receieved news of the plane crash in Washington, DC. Please accept our deepest and most sincere condolences in connection with the tragedy that claimed the lives of many people.

On behalf of the plenitude of the Russian Orthodox Church and on my behalf I wholeheartedly greet you on this year’s anniversary of your enthronement.

On January 19, 2025, at the invitation of Bishop Matthew F. Heyd of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and with the blessing of His Grace, Matthew of Sorouzh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Priest Mark Rashkov

On this holy Christmas night, when “All the Angels rejoice in Heaven, and men rejoice today, and all creation plays for the sake of the Lord Savior born in Bethlehem” (Sticheron at the litany on the eve of the Nativity of Christ)...

Offering praise to God glorified in the Trinity and sharing with all of you the joy of this feast, I convey to you, the Orthodox children of our Church living in Russia and other countries of the Moscow Patriarchate’s pastoral responsibility, my heartfelt greetings on the Feast of the Nativity of Christ, which is the celebration of the Maker’s