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« On Christmas Eve, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Dormition Cathedral in London »
06-01-2025 
On the morning of January 6, 2025, on the eve of the Nativity of Christ (Christmas Eve), His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the service of the hours of the eve with the addition of the rite of typica services, Great Vespers and the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great 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 territory of the Sourozh Diocese and Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch
The liturgical chants were performed by the choir of the Dormition Cathedral under the direction of Dmitry Tugarinov.
At the end of the Divine Liturgy, the troparion and kontakion of the feast of the Nativity of Christ were sung before the Christmas candle symbolizing the Star of Bethlehem.
The sermon after the dismissal of the Liturgy was delivered by Archpriest Vitaly Polischuk. Simultaneous translation into English was provided by Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch.