On Sunday, July 30, the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, the Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, His Grace Bishop John of Naro-Fominsk led the Divine Liturgy in the Church of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco in St. Demetrios Monastery in Framingham, MA. At the conclusion of the Liturgy, Bishop John delivered a sermon on the theme of the appointed Gospel reading. 

A festal luncheon was served in honor of Bishop John's visit was held in the refectory where interaction with parishioners and their archpastor continued.