« On the Sunday of the Holy Fathers Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Dormition Cathedral in London »

On January 5, 2025, on the 28th Sunday after Pentecost, before the Nativity of Christ, of the Holy Fathers, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Dormition Cathedral in London.

His Grace was assisted by Archpriest Maxim Nikolsky, Dean of the Diocesan District of South-East England Archpriest Vitaly Polischuk, Secretary of the Sourozh Diocese Archpriest Dimitry Nedostupenko, clergy of the UOC temporarily residing in the Sourozh Diocese, Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch, Deacon Ioan Sîlnic and Deacon Alexander Kapustin.

The liturgical chants were performed by the choir of the Dormition Cathedral under the direction of Dmitry Tugarinov.

Before the beginning of the Liturgy, a reliquary with great Christian relics (a particle of the Life-giving Cross of the Lord, the belt of the Most Holy Theotokos and particles of the holy relics of the chosen saints of God) was brought out from the altar to the center of the church. 

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

The sermon after the dismissal of the Liturgy was delivered by Archpriest Vitaly Polischuk. Simultaneous translation into English was provided by Deacon Alexander Kapustin.

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