His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh took part in a joint meeting of the Holy Synod and the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church

On December 25, 2019, a joint meeting of the Holy Synod and the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, in which Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporarily Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, took part, began under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia in the Red Hall of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.