« Bishop Matthew of Sourozh visited the Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Nisku, Alberta »
16-12-2025 
On December 15, 2025, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim 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.
Accompanying the Archpastor were Archpriest Igor Kisil, Dean of the Patriarchal Parishes in Alberta and Saskatchewan; Archpriest Yevgeny Protsenko, Rector of the Orthodox IX Parish District; Roman Lopushinsky, churchwarden of St. Barbara's Cathedral in Edmonton; and N.V. Trubnikov, personal secretary.
Upon arrival, Bishop Matthew celebrated a short moleben and toured the church. Next, Vladyka visited the parish cemetery, where a panikhida was served at the graves of the deceased hierarchs and clergy of the Patriarchal Parishes in Canada: Archbishop Panteleimon (Rudyk), Archimandrite Germogen (Cherkashin), Archimandrite Dimitry (Shchur), Hieromonk Methodius (Osadchuk), Schema-Hierodeacon Theophanes (Mashchuk), Archpriest John Margitich, and his wife Helen Margitich.