« On the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London »

On February 5, 2023, on the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee, the feast day of the Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

His Grace was assisted by Archpriest Maxim Nikolsky, Dean of the Diocesan District of South East England Archpriest Vitaly Polishchuk, Secretary of the Diocese of Sourozh Archpriest Dimitry Nedostupenko, and Deacon John Silnic.

Liturgical hymns were performed by the choir of the Dormition Cathedral under the direction of Dmitry Tugarinov.

After the augmented litany, the Archpastor proclaimed a prayer for the granting of peace.

At the litany for the departed, prayers were offered for all those who suffered during persecutions for the faith of Christ.

At the end of the divine service, Vladyka Matthew performed a prayerful glorification in front of the icon of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church and addressed those present with a word of sermon and spiritual edification.

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