Holy Trinity Monastery. The consecration was followed by the first meeting of the ROCOR Council of Bishops on US soil with the participation of 11 hierarchs. There also, and for the first (and only) time in the history of the ROCOR, Metropolitan Anastasy officiated at the consecration of the holy chrism. Prior to this, the ROCOR had received chrism from the Serbian Orthodox Church. Once in the United States, Metropolitan Anastasius took up residence at the New Kursk-Root Hermitage in Mahopac, New York. Metropolitan Anastasius' tenure saw the blossoming of ROCOR in North America with the opening of about 100 new parishes and the consecration six new bishops: Anthony (Sinkevich) of Los Angeles, Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse and Holy Trinity, Sava (Rayevsky) of Sydney, Anthony (Medvedev) of San Francisco, Sava (Sarachevich) of Edmonton, and Nectarius (Kontzevich) of Seattle. Every summer, starting in 1951, Metropolitan Anastasy would undertake a trip across the United States to California, where he would spend a significant part of the summer in San Francisco. There, at his initiative, the Synod established the parish of All Saints of Russia in Burlingame, California. Because of his ill health, Metropolitan Anastasius petitioned for the election of a successor in 1964. To this purpose, the Council of Bishops met on May 27, 1964, and elected Bishop Philaret (Voznesensky) of Brisbane as the new First Hierarch of the ROCOR. After Metropolitan Anastasy retired the Synod awarded him the title of "beatitude" with the right of wearing two panagias. The final act of his episcopal services saw the glorification of St. John of Kronstadt by the same Council of Bishops. Soon afterward, Metropolitan Anastasy died on May 22, 1965. He was buried at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, New York. Literature Архимандрит Аверкий (Таушев). Жизнь и деятельность Митрополита Анастасия — Мюнхен : [б. и.], 1948. — 10, [1] с.; 21 см. Священнослужения высокопреосвященнейшего митрополита Анастасия председателя Архирейского Синода Русской Православной церкви за границей : 50-летие, 23 апр. 1898 — 23 апр. 1948 / [А. А-ий]. — Мюнхен : [б.и.], 1948. — 28 с., [1] л. портр. : портр.; 21 см. Жизнь и деятельность Высокопреосвященнейшего митрополита Анастасия Председателя Архиерейского Синода Русской Православной Церкви за границей : (К 50-тилетию Архиер. служения). — Jordanville (N. Y.) : Holy Trinity monastery, 1956. — 48 с. : ил., портр.; 23 см. 1873 births 1965 deaths People from Ternovsky District People from Borisoglebsky Uyezd (Tambov Governorate) Bishops of