Thursday
Dec252025

Bishop Matthew held a working meeting with the staff of the Chancery of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States

On December 22, 2025, in his office at the Moscow Patriarchate Representation in the United States, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, held a working meeting with Acting Chancellor Hegumen Nikodim (Balyasnikov) and Head of the Chancery Priest Mark Rashkov.

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Monday
Dec222025

On the 28th Sunday after Pentecost, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York City

On December 21, 2025, the 28th Sunday after Pentecost, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York City.

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Monday
Dec222025

On the eve of the 28th Sunday after Pentecost, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the all-night vigil at St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York City

On the evening of December 20, 2025, on the eve of the 28th Sunday after Pentecost, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, celebrated the all-night vigil at St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York City, USA.

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Saturday
Dec202025

Bishop Matthew celebrates Liturgy in Sts. Peter & Paul Cathedral in Passaic, NJ

On Saturday, December 20, the feast of Holy Hierarch Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA & Canada Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated Divine Liturgy in Sts. Peter & Paul Cathedral in Passaic, NJ.

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Friday
Dec192025

Archbishop Gabriel of Montreal and Canada and Bishop Matthew of Sourozh presided over the patronal celebration of the Patriarchal Cathedral of New York

On December 19, 2025, on the feast day of St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, the Wonderworker, Archbishop Gabriel of Montreal and Canada and Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, celebrated the festal Divine Liturgy at St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York City.

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Friday
Dec192025

Bishop Matthew of Sourozh's Archpastoral Visit to the Patriarchal Parishes in Canada сoncludes

His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh's archpastoral visit to the Patriarchal Parishes in Canada took place from December 13 to 18, 2025.

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Thursday
Dec182025

Bishop Matthew of Sourozh led the patronal celebrations at St. Barbara's Cathedral in Edmonton

On December 17, 2025, the feast day of the Great Martyr Barbara (306), His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, led the patronal celebrations at St. Barbara's Cathedral in Edmonton, Alberta.

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Wednesday
Dec172025

On the eve of the patronal feast of St. Barbara's Cathedral in Edmonton, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the all-night vigil

On the evening of December 16, 2025, on the eve of the feast day of the Great Martyr Barbara (306), His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, celebrated the all-night vigil at St. Barbara's Cathedral in Edmonton, Alberta.

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Tuesday
Dec162025

Bishop Matthew of Sourozh held a working meeting with the clergy of the Patriarchal Parishes in Canada

On the evening of November 15, 2025, 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 at the bishop's residence in Edmonton.

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Tuesday
Dec162025

Bishop Matthew of Sourozh visited the Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Nisku, Alberta

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.

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Monday
Dec152025

Bishop Matthew of Sourozh arrived in Edmonton, Alberta

On the evening of December 14, 2025, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh visited St. Barbara's Cathedral in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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Monday
Dec152025

Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Regina, Canada

On December 14, 2025, the 27th Sunday after Pentecost, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

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Sunday
Dec142025

Bishop Matthew of Sourozh's archpastoral visit to the Patriarchal Parishes in Canada has begun

On December 13, 2025, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, concluded his visit to the western United States and departed Minneapolis, Minnesota, for Canada.

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Sunday
Dec142025

Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Kazan Metochion Skete in Spokane, USA

On December 11, 2025, the feast day of the Holy Hieromartyr Metropolitan Seraphim (Chichagov), Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, visited the Kazan Metochion Skete in Spokane, Washington, where a women's monastic community is cared for.

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Thursday
Dec112025

On the feast day of the Icon of the Mother of God "of the Sign," His Grace Bishop Matthew celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the monastery's metochion in Spokane, USA

On December 10, 2025, the feast day of the Icon of the Mother of God "of the Sign," Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, a metochion of the Monastery of the Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessaloniki in Spokane, Washington.

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Thursday
Dec112025

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

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Wednesday
Dec102025

Bishop Matthew of Sourozh presented a Patriarchal award to an American public figure

On December 9, 2025, at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Seattle, Washington, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, with the blessing of His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', met with American public figure and publicist Peter Anderson.

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Wednesday
Dec102025

Bishop Matthew of Sourozh's archpastoral visit to the United States and Canada

On December 8, 2025, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, arrived in Seattle. His archpastoral visit to North America includes visits to several parishes in the United States and Canada, meetings with hierarchs and clergy from other jurisdictions, and the annual meeting of the Episcopal Council of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States.

Vladyka is accompanied on his trip by his personal secretary, N.V. Trubnikov.

Wednesday
Dec102025

Results of the children's drawing exhibition dedicated to the 190th anniversary of the birth of St. Nicholas of Japan were announced

On December 8, 2025, the results of the children's drawing exhibition dedicated to the 190th anniversary of the birth of St. Nicholas (Kasatkin), Equal-to-the-Apostles, Archbishop of Japan (1836-1912), were announced at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

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Monday
Dec082025

The miraculous Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God "of the Sign" visited parishes of the Sourozh Diocese

One of the most venerated icons of the Holy Mother of God in the Russian Orthodox Church, the miraculous Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God "of the Sign," was brought to parishes of the Sourozh Diocese.

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