Part of a street in Manhattan was renamed Saint Tikhon Way in honor of a Russian priest
'17.10.2022'
Nadezhda Verbitskaya
On October 7, 2022, at the intersection of Madison Avenue and East 97th Street in Manhattan in New York, the opening of the Saint Tikhon Way road sign took place. Patriarchy.
All those present at the opening were blessed by Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporarily administrator of the Patriarchal parishes in the USA and Canada. It was Saint Tikhon who built and consecrated the Nicholas Cathedral in 1902.
The ceremony was attended by the clergy of the Patriarchal parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in the USA and the Russian Church Abroad. As well as parishioners, management and partners of the Russian-American Heritage Center.
The decision of the city authorities of New York to rename a section of the street in honor of St. Tikhon was the result of more than a decade of work. The initiator of this was Archbishop Justinian. In 2010-2014, he managed the Patriarchal parishes in the USA.
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On October 9, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Nicholas Cathedral in New York. And after that, the parishioners and guests of the parish were told about the renaming of the street.
Hegumen Nikodim thanked the President of the Russian-American Heritage Center O.S. Zatsepin. And also gave her a church award. O.S. Zatsepina noted that this medal is an award to all those who worked to perpetuate the memory of St. Tikhon. This was achieved by parishioners, the youth organization of the Patriarchal parishes in the USA, representatives of local religious and public organizations. Members of the New York State Assembly and the business community of New York also supported the initiative of the Russian Orthodox Church in official letters.
