On Monday, February 16, 2026 His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon presided at the funeral services for His Grace Bishop Seraphim (Sigrist), the newly-departed former bishop of Sendai, at Holy Trinity Church in Yonkers, NY. Serving with His Beatitude were His Eminence Archbishop Michael of the Diocese of New York and New Jersey, Archpriest David Cowan, Vice-Chancellor of the Diocese of New York and New Jersey, Priest David Bozeman, Secretary of the Orthodox Church in America, representatives from St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary including Archpriest Alexander Rentel, rector of Three Hierarchs Chapel, along with other local clergy.
