For the first time ever, the Patriarch Tikhon Russian-American Music Institute (PaTRAM) is holding its first Master Class in Moscow. 

On Tuesday June 16, the Executive Committee of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North America met with His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew at the Patriarchal Residence in the Phanar in Istanbul, Turkey. 

On the Second Sunday after Pentecost, the Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, His Grace Bishop John of Naro-Fominsk presided at the Divine Liturgy in the Holy Trinity Church in Istanbul.

While on his official visit to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, His Grace Bishop John of Naro-Fominsk visited the Monastery of the Holy Trinity on the Island of Halki.

On June 11, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia, the Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, His Grace Bishop John of Naro-Fominsk delivered a congratulatory address to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on behalf of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church.

On Tuesday, June 10, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia, the Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, His Grace Bishop John of Naro-Fominsk began his official visit to the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul, Turkey in honor of the namesday of His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. 

On Tuesday evening, June 9, representing the Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA His Grace Bishop John of Naro-Fominsk, Archpriest George Konyev, Chancellor, attended a reception at the General Consulate of the Russian Federation in New York City honoring Russia Day (День России)