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On Saturday, April 1, the feast of the Laudation of the Mother of God (Saturday of the Akathist), the Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, His Grace Bishop John of Naro-Fominsk led the Matins with the reading of the Akathist to the Mother of God and the Divine Liturgy in St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York City.