On October 25, 2021, during an archpastoral visit to North America, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA & Canada, arrived in Ottawa.
His Grace held a working meeting with the members of the Chancery of the Representation of the Moscow Patriarchate in the United States - Abbot Nicodemus (Balyasnikov) and Priest Mark Rashkov, who arrived in Canada as part of a delegation of the clergy of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States to participate in the hierarchal divine services and the work of the Bishop's Council.