Metropolitan Mark of Ryazan and Mikhailovsk and Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the Church of the Three Hierarchs in Paris

On Wednesday, November 26, 2025, the feast day of St. John Chrysostom, one of the patron saints of the Three Hierarchs Parish in Paris, a festal Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the historic cathedral of the Korsun Diocese. The service was led by Metropolitan Mark of Ryazan and Mikhailovsk, Administrator of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Western Europe and the Korsun Diocese, who was assisted by Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada.

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On the 24th Sunday after Pentecost, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London

On November 23, 2025, on the 24th Sunday after Pentecost, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London. 

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Bishop Matthew of Sourozh participated in the patronal celebrations of the Church of the Archangel Michael in Altea, Spain

On November 21, 2025, the feast day of the Archangel Michael and the other Bodiless Powers of Heaven, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, assisted Metropolitan Mark of Ryazan and Mikhailovsk, Administrator of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Western Europe and the Spanish-Portuguese Diocese, at the Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Archangel Michael in Altea, Valencia Province, Spain.

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The 3rd Pedagogical Conference of the "Heritage" Association of Russian Language Schools Was Held at the Dormition Cathedral

On November 18, 2025, with the blessing of Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, the third pedagogical conference, organized by the "Heritage" Association of Russian Language Schools, was held at the Dormition Cathedral in London.The conference theme was "The Role of Project Activities in the Study, Support, and Development of the Russian Language in Far Abroad."

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On the feast day of St. Hilarion, the Recluse of Troyekurovo, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Dormition Cathedral in London

On November 18, 2025, the feast day of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' (elected to the Patriarchal Throne in 1917) and St. Hilarion, the Recluse of Troyekurovо (+1853), His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Dormition Cathedral in London.

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On the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London

On November 16, 2025, on the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

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On the 10th anniversary of the episcopal consecration of Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, a festive Divine Liturgy was celebrated at Dormition Cathedral in London

On November 15, 2025, the 10th anniversary of the episcopal consecration of His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, was celebrated at Dormition Cathedral in London.

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For the 10th anniversary of the episcopal service of Bishop Matthew of Sourozh. "Ton Despotin" - Deacon Sergy Trubachev. Choir of the Dormition Cathedral, London

Congratulations to His Grace, Right Reverend Bishop Matthew of Sourozh on the 10th Anniversary of His Episcopal Consecration

Your Grace, dear Vladyka and loving father!

On behalf of the clergy, monastics, and laity of the Diocese of Sourozh and the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, we sincerely congratulate you on this significant day in your life!

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On the eve of the 10th anniversary of his episcopal consecration, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the evening service at Dormition Cathedral in London

On November 14, 2025, on the eve of the 10th anniversary of his episcopal consecration, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the evening service at Dormition Cathedral in London.

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Bishop Matthew of Sourozh's archpastoral visit to the diocesan district of the Republic of Ireland has concluded

His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh completed his archpastoral visit to the diocesan district of the Republic of Ireland from November 7-9, 2025.

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The 25th anniversary of the founding of the parish was celebrated at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Dublin

On November 9, 2025, the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Dublin, Ireland.

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On the feast day of the Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessaloniki, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Parish of St. Patrick of Ireland in Waterford, Ireland

On November 8, 2025, the feast day of the Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessaloniki, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, while on an archpastoral visit to the diocesan district of the Republic of Ireland, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Parish of St. Patrick of Ireland in Waterford, located in the south of the country.

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A pilgrimage took place to Lastingham, the resting place of St. Cedd of Lastingham, Bishop of Essex

On November 8, 2025, with the blessing of His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, the annual pilgrimage of clergy and parishioners of the Diocese of Sourozh took place to Lastingham, the resting place of St. Cedd, Apostle of Essex (+26 October/8 November 664).

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An interim administrator appointed for the Patriarchal Exarchate of Western Europe

By decree of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus', Metropolitan Nestor of Korsun and Western Europe has been relieved of his duties as the administrator of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Western Europe, as well as of the Korsun, Spanish-Portuguese dioceses and the parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Italy, due to the initiation of ecclesiastical judicial proceedings against him.

Temporary administration of the aforementioned canonical structures has been entrusted to Metropolitan Mark of Ryazan and Mikhailovsk.

Bishop Matthew of Sourozh made a pilgrimage to Clonmacnoise Monastery, Ireland

On November 7, 2025, as part of a visit to the diocesan district of the Republic of Ireland, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh made a pilgrimage to the site of one of Ireland's most famous and oldest monasteries, Clonmacnoise, founded around 544 by St. Kieran, Abbot of Clonmacnoise.

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Bishop Matthew of Sourozh visited Archpriest Nikolai Kobets, who is undergoing medical treatment

On November 7, 2025, while on an archpastoral visit to the diocesan district of the Republic of Ireland, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh visited Archpriest Nikolai Kobets, who is undergoing treatment at a clinic in Roscommon, Connacht.

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An information portal for the Patriarchal Exarchate of Western Europe has been created

In accordance with the decision of the Synod of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Western Europe, the exarchate's official information portal, exarchate.eu, has been created.

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A children's art exhibition dedicated to St. Nicholas of Japan opened at Dormition Cathedral in London

On November 4, 2025, the feast day of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, after the Divine Liturgy, a diocesan exhibition of children's art dedicated to St. Nicholas (Kasatkin), Equal-to-the-Apostles, Archbishop of Japan (1836-1912), opened at Dormition Cathedral in London.

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On the feast of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Dormition Cathedral in London

On November 4, 2025, the feast day of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God (commemorating the deliverance of Moscow and Russia from the Poles in 1612), His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Dormition Cathedral in London.

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