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There also, and for the first (and only) time in the history of the ROCOR, Metropolitan Anastasy officiated at the blessing of Holy Chrism. Prior to this, the ROCOR received Chrism from the Serbian Church.
Once in America, Metropolitan Anastasy took residence at the [[New Kursk-Root Hermitage]] in Mahopac, New York. Metropolitan Anastasy's tenure saw the blossoming of ROCOR in 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 MelbourneSydney]], [[Anthony (Medvedev) of San Francisco]], [[Sava (Sarachevich) of Edmonton]], and [[Nectary (Kontsevich) of Seattle]]. Every summer, starting in 1951, Metropolitan Anastasy would undertake a trip through the entire 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 Russian in Burlingame, California.
Because of his ill health, Metropolitan Anastasy 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 New York|Philaret (Voznesensky)]] as the new First Hierarch. Metropolitan Anastasy retired; the Council 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 Krostadt]] by the same Council of Bishops. Soon afterward, Metropolitan Anastasy reposed on May 22, 1965. He was burried at Holy Trinity Monastery, in Jordanville, New York.