23-05-2026 
On May 22, 2026—the feast of the Translation of the Relics of Holy Hierarch and Wonderworker Nicholas from Myra in Lycia to Bari—Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA & Canada, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York City.
23-05-2026 
On the evening of May 21, 2026—the eve of the feast of the Translation of the Relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra in Lycia to Bari—Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, officiated All-Night Vigil at St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York City.
23-05-2026 
On May 21, 2026—the Feast of the Ascension of our Lord and the feast of Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian—hierarchs, clergy, and laity of the Russian Church Abroad and the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA prayerfully observed the 19th anniversary of the signing of the Act of Canonical Communion between the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia and the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City.
23-05-2026 
On Wednesday evening, May 20, 2026—the eve of the feast of the Ascension of our Lord and Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian—Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, officiated All-Night Vigil at St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York City
23-05-2026 
On May 20, 2026— the Apodosis of Pascha—Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, celebrated the Paschal Divine Liturgy in St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York City, concelebrated by the cathedral clergy.
23-05-2026 
On May 19, 2026, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh—Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada—held a traditional youth gathering following the evening divine service. The meeting took place in the parish hall of St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York City.
23-05-2026 
On May 19, 2026—the eve of the Apodosis of the Feast of the Glorious Resurrection of Christ—Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, officiated matins in St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York City, co-served by cathedral clergy.
19-05-2026 
It took 26 years before Sergei Sokolovsky, a biologist from Minsk, became a priest in Birmingham. He went to the United Kingdom for three years to learn new research methods, but instead found his vocation there.
18-05-2026 
To His Grace,
Right Reverend MATTHEW, Bishop of Sourozh,
Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada
18-05-2026 
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulated Bishop Matthew of Sourozh on his 55th birthday.
17-05-2026 
On May 17, 2026—the 6th Sunday after Pascha (the Sunday of the Blind Man)—Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Holy Trinity Church in Baltimore, MD.
17-05-2026 
On Saturday, May 16, 2026, with the blessing of His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Orthodox believers of the Diocesan District of Northern England made a pilgrimage to Beverley to the resting place of St. John of Beverley (+721), marking the feast day of the saint of the undivided Church.
17-05-2026 
On May 16, 2026, continuing his archpastoral visit to the city of Philadelphia, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, visited St. Andrew Cathedral.
17-05-2026 
On Saturday, May 16, 2026—the fifth Saturday after Pascha—a joint Paschal divine service was served in St. Michael Church in Philadelphia, PA officiated by the Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh.
17-05-2026 
On May 16, 2026, a children's Easter celebration was held at the parish school named after the Holy Martyr Elizabeth at the Dormition Cathedral in London.
15-05-2026 
On May 14, 2026, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Acting Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, arrived in New York City as part of his Easter visit to North America.
15-05-2026 
His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh completed his archpastoral visit to the Patriarchal Parishes in Canada which continued from May 5 to May 13, 2026.
14-05-2026 
On May 13, 2026, the day of the leave-taking of the feast of Mid-Pentecost, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, headed patronal celebration and celebrated Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Apostle James, near Mandera, Alberta.
13-05-2026 
On May 12, 2026, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, acting Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, held a working meeting with the clergy of the Patriarchal Parishes in Canada.
13-05-2026 
On May 12, 2026, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, visited the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in Nisku, Alberta.
