Through the following decades of the 20th century, when the Church in Russia suffered under persecution, and hundreds of thousands died for their Orthodox faith, inevitable differences and estrangements took hold between the suffering Church in Russia, and those in the diaspora suffering bereavement and the loss of their homeland. After the fall of the atheistic Communist regime, the most wonderful resurrection of Orthodoxy occurred again in the many sacred lands of pre-revolutionary Russia, and the joyful restoration of Eucharistic communion between the Church inside Russia and the ROCOR was celebrated in 2007. That sacramental unity happily restored, the ROCOR continues to exist as a self-governing Church in communion with the other parts of historic Russian Orthodoxy, with its Synod of Bishops and the residence of the First Hierarch Metropolitan Nicholas located in New York. The Synod of the Church and the residence of the First Hierarch Metropolitan Nicholas are in New York. From 1951 until 1962, St. John the Wonderworker was the ruling Bishop of London and Western Europe. Beloved worldwide during his lifetime and venerated after his death, St. John was glorified as a saint in 1994. His relics lie in the Cathedral in San Francisco. In the UK, the ROCOR Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God in Chiswick is a familiar sight, with its blue starry onion dome visible from the nearby M4. The Cathedral was purpose built in the opening years of the new millennium and is a centre of beauty in architecture, iconography and music with a large family from many countries. It is the Episcopal Seat of our Ruling Bishop. The ROCOR has roughly 400 parishes worldwide and has an estimated membership of 400 thousand. It has a flourishing monastic life of roughly 10 monasteries and other foundations throughout the world.