« On the eve of the feast day in honour of the Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God, Bishop Matthew celebrated a moleben in the chapel at the site of the blessed repose of Saint John (Maximovich) »

On December 9, 2025, after visiting St. Nicholas Cathedral in Seattle, Washington, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, with the blessing of Bishop Theodosius of Seattle, Vicar of the Western American Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, visited the chapel in honour of Saint John of Shanghai, who departed to the Lord on July 2, 1966, before the miraculous Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God "of the Sign" during a visit to St. Nicholas Church in Seattle.

The chapel was built on the site of his blessed repose. Vladyka celebrated a moleben to the Most Holy Theotokos and to Saint John. Archpriest Vyacheslav Davidenko, the cathedral's sacristan, and Nikolai Trubnikov, the bishop's personal secretary, prayed at the service.

Bishop Matthew congratulated those gathered on the feast day in honour of the Protectress of the Russian Diaspora and expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Bishop Theodosius for the opportunity to offer prayer at this holy site. Vladyka thanked Father Vyacheslav for the warm welcome and their shared prayers.

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