On Saturday, July 11, the St. George Russian Pathfinders celebrated the Memorial Day of its Faithful Members at  its camp ‘Tsarskoie Selo’ in Northville, NY. Celebrations began with a meeting of His Grace Jerome (Shaw), the Bishop of Manhattan, and an All-night Vigil, assisted by archpriest Sergei Lukianov , hieromonk Cyprian (Alexandrou), Dean of students at HTS, and deacons Dimitry Temidis and Andrey Strapko. Following the All-night Vigil, a ceremony in honor of the Memorial Day of the Past Faithful Members took place. On the feast day of Saints Peter and Paul, the meeting of the Bishop started at 8:00 in the morning . Besides the clergy mentioned above , His Grace Bishop Jerome was joined by protodeacon Vladimir Tsurikov, who arrived at the camp that morning. At the end of the festive service Bishop Jerome presented the leaders of the St. George Russian Pathfinders with a citation on behalf of the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad Metropolitan Hilarion, which was addressed to all members of the organisation on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Russian scout movement.

On Tuesday, July 14, Dean of HTS protodeacon Vladimir Tsurikov arrived at ’Tsarskoe Selo’ to participate in the first of a number of meetings where he spoke on the subject "Church and Youth".

On Thursday, July 16, more than two hundred scouts came on a pilgrimage to Holy Trinity Monastery, where they prayed during a moleben, celebrated by hieromonk Roman (Krasovsky). They then had a tour of the monastery, where they had an opportunity to venerate the relics of the monastery , to visit the seminary, icon painting studio and other sites of interest.

Fr. Vladimir returned to camp on July 18th, for a solemn parade and ceremonial drill which concluded the anniversary celebration of the St. George Russian Pathfinders at ‘Tsarskoe Selo’.  Many scouts , relatives and friends of the organisation joined the pathfinders for this memorable event, including Russian scouts from Europe and other parts of the North American continent. After the gathering, the group of scouts began preparations for a trip to Russia for participation in activities dedicated to the anniversary of the organization.