On Wednesday, October 25, the Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA delivered a lecture entitled "The 10th Anniversary of the Restoration of the Russian Church - Outcomes and Perspectives of Joint Service in the United States" during the 2017 Pastoral Conference of Clergy and Matushkas of the Eastern American Diocese and the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA.

The full text of Bishop John's lecture will be available on the website of the Patriarchal Parishes in the near future. Upon its completion, Bishop John answered questions raised by conference participants. The conference is led by the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York joined by Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen) and Eastern American Diocesan Vicar Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan.