On December 28, 2021, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia had a telephone conversation with His Beatitude Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada Tikhon, Patriarchia.ru writes.

His Holiness Vladyka congratulated his interlocutor on the feast of the Nativity of Christ, which is celebrated by the Orthodox Church in America according to the New Julian calendar, and on the upcoming New Year.

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon assured each other of mutual prayers and exchanged information on the situation with the spread of coronavirus infection in the United States and Russia. They expressed regret that, due to the epidemic situation, the expected meeting of the two Primates in November in connection with the celebration of the 75th anniversary of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill could not take place, and expressed the hope that, under favorable circumstances, such a meeting would take place in the spring of 2022.