A working meeting between Bishop Matthew of Sourozh and Chargé d'Affaires of the Embassy of Russia in Great Britain A.I. Volodin

On October 15, 2019, a working meeting  between His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, and Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Great Britain, Minister-Counsellor  Ivan Alekseevich Volodin, was held at the Dormition Cathedral in the city of London.

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His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh took part in an extraordinary meeting of the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church

On October 17, 2019, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, took part in an extraordinary meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, chaired by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, at the Synodal Residence of the St. Daniel Monastery in Moscow.

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On the feast of the Intercession of the Most Holy Mother of God, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London

On October 14, 2019, on the feast of the Intercession of the Most Holy Mother of God, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in the city of London.

His Grace was assisted by Archpriest Maxim Nikolsky, Archpriest Vitaly Polishchuk, Archpriest Joseph Skinner, Dean of the Diocesan District of the South-West of England,  Archpriest Nikolai Preskure and Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch.

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On the feast day of St. Sergius of Radonezh, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, co-celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Holy Trinity-St.Sergius Lavra

On October 8, 2019, on the feast of the repose of St. Sergius, Hiegumen of Radonezh,  the Miracle Worker of All Russia, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator  of the Patriarchal parishes in the United States and Canada, co-celebrated the Divine  Liturgy with Metropolitan Hillarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, at the Church of the Assention of Holy Spirit on the Apostles at the Holy Trinity - St. Sergius Lavra.

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Bishop Matthew of Sourozh co-served with Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk during the All-Night Vigil on the eve of the Feast of St. Sergius of Radonezh at the Trinity-St.Sergius Lavra

On October 7, 2019, celebrations on the occasion of commemorating St. Sergius of Radonezh begun at the Holy Trinity St. Sergius Lavra. 

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

On October 7, 2019, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, took part in the meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, which was chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia in the Patriarchal and held at the  chambers of Holy Trinity St. Sergius Lavra.

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XIV Congress of the Clergy and Laity of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA took place

From September 30 to October 2, 2019, the XIV Congress of Clergy and Laity of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States chaired by His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, was held at the Antiochian Archbishopric (Antiochian Village, Pennsylvania).

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On the final day of the XIV Clergy Congress, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the house church in the Antioch village in Pennsylvania, USA

On Wednesday, October 2, 2019, on the final day of the XIV Congress of the Clergy and laity of the parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in the USA, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at St.Peter and St.Paul house Church in Antioch Village.

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The second day of the Congress of Clergy and Laity of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA

The second day of the XIV Congress of the Clergy and Laity of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States of America, October 1, 2019, began with a report by Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada.

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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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