On August 16, the 11th Sunday after Pentecost, Bishop Theodosius of Manhattan celebrated Divine Liturgy in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City. Concelebrating with His Grace were cathedral clerics: dean Archpriest Andrei Sommer, Hieromonk Theognost (Kogan), and Protodeacon Serge Arlievsky.

The Synodal choir sang beautifully under the direction of conductor Vadim S. Gan.

Numerous parishioners and believers from other churches in the city gathered to pray at Liturgy, the majority of whom communed of Christ’s Holy Mysteries.

Upon conclusion of the service, Bishop Theodosius greeted the clergy and the faithful with the feast and addressed those present with a sermon on the day’s Gospel reading. He noted that "above all, we must remember the words we hear in the Lord’s Prayer – 'And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors’ – because the Lord can forgive our sins only when we forgive the sins of those close to us. Only then can the fruit of forgiveness be borne, and the fruit of the grace of the Spirit visit us.

"This is what the Gospel, and the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, teaches us by parable; for every time we hear the Gospel, we must be not only hearers of the Word of God, but also doers of it. Hearing is not enough; it is essential that this seed does not merely remain in our heads, but passes into our hearts, touches our souls, and bears its fruit. Therefore, the depth to which the seed sown during Divine Liturgy – where we hear both prayers and readings from Holy Scripture – takes root depends on the intention with which we enter the church and the disposition of our hearts and souls.

"We partake of the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ; many come to confession and repent, subsequently carrying forth from the church the grace bestowed through the Holy Sacraments. Thus, the Lord teaches us to pray rightly, to repent of our sins, and to seek forgiveness, so that He may pardon our transgressions; otherwise, the Lord’s Prayer will bear no fruit, and our attendance at church will not bring salvation to our souls."

Afterward, marking the 30th anniversary of his blessed decease, Bishop Theodosius and the clergy offered prayers for the repose of Archbishop Anthony (Sinkevich; +August 13, 1996) of Los Angeles & Southern California, and intoned "Memory Eternal" for him.

In 1920, the future Bishop Anthony left Russia with his family and settled in Yugoslavia. There, he received his education, was tonsured a monk with the name Anthony, and dedicated his life to serving the Russian Orthodox Church.

A significant period of his ecclesiastical ministry was linked to the Holy Land. He arrived in Jerusalem in 1933, where he subsequently headed the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission, leading it until 1951. The future bishop worked to preserve the Russian Orthodox presence in Palestine, develop the church school in Bethany, and safeguard the property of the Russian Church Abroad during the challenging post-war years.

In 1951, Archimandrite Anthony was consecrated Bishop of Los Angeles. He subsequently headed the Los Angeles Diocese, with which the greater part of his later archpastoral ministry was associated. For over four decades, he provided spiritual care to the Orthodox Christians of Southern California, overseeing the Russian parish school at Holy Transfiguration Cathedral in Los Angeles and devoting significant attention to the development of liturgical singing and the collection and study of materials regarding the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia.

The cathedral sisterhood invited everyone to a luncheon, during which fraternal fellowship between the clergy and parishioners continued.