The Fourteenth Congress of the Clergy and Laity of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States of America began under the chairmanship of Bishop Matthew

On September 30, the XIV Congress of the clergy and laity of the Moscow Patriarchate parishes in the United States began its work under the chairmanship of Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary manager of Patriarchal parishes in the USA and Canada. The meeting is taking place at the Spiritual and Educational Center of the Antioch Archbishopric (Antiochian Village, Pennsylvania).

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On Sunday after Exaltation of the Cross, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York, USA

On September 29, Sunday after the Exaltation of the Cross, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the New York St. Nicholas Cathedral, together  with the Cathedral clergy, and Priest Dimitry Nedostupenko, Secretary of the Diocese of Sourozh, who is accompanying the bishop on his trip to the United States.   

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On the eve of the Sunday after the Exaltation of the Cross, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh served an all-night vigil at St. George Church in New York, USA

On Saturday, September 29, the eve of the Sunday after the Exaltation of the Cross, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, visited the church of the Great Martyr George the Victorious in New York's Queens district, where he served Great Vespers with lithia.  Archpriest Igor Tarasov, Rector of the church, managing the affairs of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States, co-served with Vladyka.

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On Saturday after the Exaltation of the Cross, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the St. Nicholas Church in the city of Bayonne, USA

On Saturday, September 28, after the Exaltation of the Cross, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator  of the Patriarchal parishes in the USA and Canada, visited the St. Nicholas Church in Bayonne, New Jersey, where he celebrated the Divine Liturgy.

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On the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York, USA

On Friday, September 27, on the day of the celebration of the World Exaltation of the Holy and Life-giving Cross of the Lord, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the New York Cathedral, together with the Cathedral clergy.

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On the eve of the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Life-giving Cross of the Lord, Bishop Matthew served an all-night vigil at the Patriarchal Cathedral of New York

On Thursday, September 26, on the eve of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy and Life-giving Cross of the Lord, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal parishes in the USA, served, together with co-celebrating clergy, an all-night vigil at the New York Cathedral.

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Bishop Matthew of Sourozh met with Russian Ambassador to the United States A.I. Antonov

On September 26, 2019, at the invitation of His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United States of America Anatoly Antonov visited the Patriarchal St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York City.

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The Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States met with the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

On September 25, 2019 a meeting  between Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporarily Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, and Metropolitan Hilarion of East America and New York, was held at the residence of the First Hierarch of the ROCOR in New York.

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His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA met with the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America

On September 25, 2019, a working visit to the United States of His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary  Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, has began.

On the first day of his visit, Bishop Matthew visited the Administrative Center of the Orthodox Church in America in Sayoset, where he met with His Beatitude Archbishop Tikhon of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada.

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The Parish meeting will be held on October 27th, 2019 at the Dormition Cathedral in London

With the blessing of His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh the Parish meeting will be held on Sunday, October 27th, 2019, after the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh served a panikhida at the grave of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna Romanova in Toronto, Canada

On September 24, 2019, completing his archpastoral visit to Canada, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporarily Administrator of the Patriarchal parishes in the USA and Canada, served  a panikhida at the resting place of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna Romanova and her husband, Colonel Nikolai Kulikovsky,  at the York Cemetery in Toronto.

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His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh completed his stay in Alberta, Canada

On September 23, 2019, after a number of divine services and visits to parishes, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administration of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, completed his stay in Alberta, Canada.

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His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh visited the Church of the Ascension of the Lord near Kalmar, Alberta province, Canada

On September 22, 2019, after the Divine Liturgy, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporarily Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, paid a visit to the Ascension Church near Kalmar, Alberta, Canada.

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On the14th Sunday after Pentecost, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh headed the festivities on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Holy Trinity Church near Thorsby, Canada

On September 22, 2019, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, headed the Divine Liturgy and took part in festive events on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Holy Trinity Church (Whitsuntide) near Torsby, Alberta, Canada.

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On the eve of the 14th Sunday after Pentecost, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh served an all-night vigil in St. Barbara Cathedral of Edmonton, Canada

On September 21, 2019, on the eve of the14th Sunday after Pentecost, Bishop Matthew of  Sourozh served an all-night vigil in St. Barbara Cathedral of Edmonton, province of Alberta, Canada.

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On the feast of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, and Archbishop Irenaeus of Ottawa and Canada (OCA), celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Nativity of Mother of God church in Nisku, Canada

On September 21, 2019, on the feast of the Nativity of the Most  Holy  Mother of God, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, visited the Church of the Nativity of the Most  Holy Mother of God in the village of Nisku, located in Leduc County, Alberta, Canada.

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On the eve of the feast of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh served an all-night vigil in St. Barbara Cathedral of Edmonton, Canada

On September 20, 2019, as part of the archpastoral visit to the North American continent, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, arrived in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh started his Archpastoral visit to Canada and the USA

On September 19, 2019, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, arrived in Canada.  The archpastoral visit began with a visit to the Patriarchal metochion of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia in the city of Toronto, Ontario.

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Classes began at the parish school of the Dormition Cathedral in London

On September 14, 2019, with the blessing of His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, a moleben, dedicated to the beginning of the new academic year, was served at the Dormition Cathedral in the city of London.

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The Russian Orthodox Church Holy Synod integrates the head of the Archdiocese of the Western European Parishes of Russian Tradition as well as clergy and parishes who wish to follow him

On September 14, 2019, the Holy Synod considered an appeal from Archbishop John (Renneteau), head of the Archdiocese of Western European Parishes of Russian Tradition, who expressed the desire of a majority of the Archdiocese’s clergy and parishes to preserve its existence through entering the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church and asked for the entry in canonical communion and unity with the Moscow Patriarchate together with those clergy and parishes who wish to follow him.

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