« On the day of Radonitsa, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London »

On April 25, 2023, Tuesday of the 2nd week after Pascha, the day of Radonitsa, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy and the Paschal commemoration of the departed at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

His Grace was assisted by Archpriest Vitaly Polishchuk, Dean of the Diocesan District of South East England, Archpriest Dimitry Nedostupenko, Secretary of the Diocese of Sourozh, Priest Vasily Gandzyuk, Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch, and Deacon Viktor Nikiforov.

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

At the funeral litany, prayers were offered for the repose of all departed Orthodox Christians.

At the end of the Liturgy, the Right Reverend Archpastor served a panikhida and addressed the clergy and parishioners with words of a sermon.

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