On Monday, May 27, 2024, the day that the United States of America celebrates “Memorial Day,” the annual Memorial Day celebrations took place at St. Tikhon's Monastery of the Orthodox Church in America, this year celebrating the 120th anniversary of the founding of the monastery.

At the invitation of the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon and with the blessing of the Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, the Acting Chancellor of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Hegumen Nikodim (Balyasnikov) and the Vice-Chancellor of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Priest Mark Rashkov, took part in the Divine Liturgy. The service was led by His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon and concelebrated by Archbishop Michael of New York and New Jersey, rector of St. Tikhon’s Monastery Archimandrite Sergius (Boyer) along with the monastery’s members of the brotherhood in holy orders, Dean of St. Tikhon’s Theological Seminary Archpriest John Parker, Secretary of the Orthodox Church in America Priest Alessandro Margheritino, and the clergy of the Orthodox Church in America.

At the conclusion of the service, a meeting took place between His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon and representatives of the administration of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and the Secretary of the Orthodox Church in America. During the communication, an agreement was reached on the creation of a bilateral working group to prepare and conduct commemorative events in 2025, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the repose of St. Tikhon of Moscow and the 55th anniversary of the granting of Thomas the Autocephaly of the Orthodox Church in America by the Russian Orthodox Church. The draft plan of events for the anniversary year will be considered and approved during a personal meeting of His Beatitude with the Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA in the near future.