The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, at its session on October 15, 2018, in Minsk, adopted a Statement of the Holy Synod concerning the encroachment of the Patriarchate of Constantinople upon the canonical territory of the Russian Orthodox Church....

With profound pain the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church has taken the report of the Patriarchate of Constantinople published on October 11, 2018, about the following decisions of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople:

This message serves to inform you that the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on October 15, 2018, relieved Bishop John of Naro-Fomisnk from the Administration of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA

At the October 15 meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia in Minsk, Belarus, members discussed the appointments of hierarchs abroad.

On Sunday October 7, the eve of the feast of Venerable Sergius of Radonzeh, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia served the All-night Vigil in the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra. 

On Sunday,  October 7, St. Innocent of Irkutsk parish in Redford, MI was blessed with a visit from the Hawaiian Wonderworking Myrrh-Streaming Iveron Icon of the Mother of God.

On Sunday, September 30, the 18th Sunday after Pentecost, Bishop John of Naro-Fominsk, Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, celebrated Divine Liturgy in St. Catherine’s Church in Rome, Italy.

On September 26-27, the feast of the Universal Exaltation of the Holy and Life-Giving Cross,  the All-Night Vigil and Divine Liturgy were servied in St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York City.

On Sunday, September 16, Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the newly-opened chapel of Great Martyr George in San Juan del Río (state of Querétaro).

On Tuesday, September 25, clergy and faithful of greater Philadelphia gathered in St. Michael the Archangel Church to bid farewell to their pastor emeritus.