New York, March 17, 2026
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The primates of the Orthodox Church in America and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia concelebrated at the ROCOR Cathedral of the Sign in New York City on the Sunday of the Cross.
His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon (OCA) and His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas (ROCOR) were joined by clerics from both jurisdictions, reports the ROCOR Eastern American Diocese.
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The wonderworking Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God, venerated as the Protectress of the Russian Diaspora, was present for the service. Cathedral parishioners and visitors from OCA and ROCOR churches attended the service, with many partaking of the Holy Mysteries of Christ.
Following the Liturgy and the veneration of the Cross, Met. Nicholas spoke about how we can overcome all troubles by the Cross, with hope in the Lord.
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The ROCOR First Hierarch then presented the OCA primate with a cross made in Jerusalem. Met. Tikhon, in turn, presented Met. Nicholas with a relic of the recently canonized St. Olga of Alaska.
The cathedral sisterhood then treated the faithful to a Lenten meal.
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