On Tuesday, December 15, 2015, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon welcomed His Eminence, Archbishop Nikodim of Zhytomyr and Novohrad-Volynsky of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church at the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America. Accompanying Archbishop Nikodim were Archpriest Artemy Litvinov, who heads the Legal Department of the Kyiv Diocese, and Mr. Yuri Maduda, Secretary. Also present for the visit were Protopresbyter Leonid Kishkovsky, OCA Director of External Affairs; and Archpriests John Jillions and Eric G. Tosi, OCA Chancellor and Secretary respectively.
Archbishop Nikodim and the members of the delegation toured the Chancery’s Chapel of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, where they venerated the relics of the North American saints, engaged in a discussion on Church life, and were hosted at a luncheon.
