Beloved in the Lord archpastors, reverend presbyters and deacons, God-loving monks and nuns, dear brothers and sisters!

On Sunday, December 19, the feast of Holy Hierarch Nicholas the Wonderworker, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kyrill of Moscow and all Russia, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of all America & Canada celebrated Divine Liturgy in St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York City.

On November 19-22, 2021, with the blessing of the interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA & Canada, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, clerics of St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York, Abbot Nicodemus (Balyasnikov) and Priest Mark Rashkov, made a pastoral visit to the newly formed community in the Mexican city of Cancun. 

Festive events dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Patriarch Kyrill of Moscow and All Russia, took place at the representation of the Moscow Patriarchate in the United States – St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York.

On November 16, at the end of his working trip to the United States of America, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk visited the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations in New York, where he met with the Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Mr. V. Nebenzya.

On November 15, 2021, during his working trip to the United States, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, visited the Representation of the Moscow Patriarchate in the USA - St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York. 

On November 14, 2021, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), continued his working visit to the USA and arrived in St. Tikhon’s Monastery in South Canaan, Pennsylvania