Easter Reception held at the Cathedral

An Easter Reception was held at the Dormition Cathedral of the Sourozh Diocese after the evening service on Bright Monday.
An Easter Reception was held at the Dormition Cathedral of the Sourozh Diocese after the evening service on Bright Monday.
At the evening service on Bright Monday, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh presented a number of the clergy of the diocese hierarchical awards, which had been approved by Patriarch Kyrill of Moscow and All Russia.
EASTER MESSAGE
OF
ELISEY
ARCHBISHOP OF SOUROZH
TO THE PASTORS AND FAITHFUL CHILDREN
OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Beloved in the Lord archpastors,
all-honourable presbyters and deacons,
God-loving monks and nuns, dear brothers and sisters!
A regular meeting of the Diocesan Council took place at the Cathedral in London on March 24th.
On 22nd March, feast of the 40 Martyrs of Sebaste, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh celebrated the Diocesan Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts at the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God in London. The clergy of the Diocese of Sourozh took part at the service.
On 20th March, Sunday of St Gregory Palamas, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Parish of the Holy Trinity in Bristol.
On 13th March, Feast of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, a Pan-Orthodox Vespers was celebrated in London
On 12th March, Saturday of the first week of the Great Lent, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh celebrated the Consecration of the Curch of the Protecting Veil of the Mother of God in Manchester, belonging to the Patriarchal stavropegic parish of the Russian Orthodox Church.
On 19th and 20th February, Sunday of the Prodigal Son, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh celebrated the Vigil and the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Metochion of St Peter and St Paul in Dublin.
On 19th February, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Parish of St Patrick of Ireland in Waterford of the Deanery of Munster (South Ireland) of the Diocese of Sourozh.
On 14th February, Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams held a festive dinner in honour of His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch Ilya II of All Georgia.
The second meeting of the Pastoral Committee of the Pan-Orthodox Assembly of Bishops with Churches in the British Isles took place at the Cathedral on Monday 14th February.
On 13th February, Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee and feast of the Synaxis of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Hierarchical Metochion of Venerable Martyr Grand Duchess Elisabeth in Bodiam.
On 12th February, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh consecrated the church of the Parish of St Aidan and St Chad in Nottingham.
On 6th February, after the Hierarchal Assembly of the Russian Orthodox Church, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Podolsk.
From 2nd to 4th February, His Eminence Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh and His Eminence Archbishop Anatoly of Kerch are taking part in the Blessed Hierarchal Assembly of the Russian Orthodox Church, which is held in Moscow and presided by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
On 1st February, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh took part in the celebrations dedicated to the Enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
On 30th January, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Parish of St Ephraim the Syrian in Cambridge.
The faithful of the Russian Orthodox Church on the British Isles pray for those who were killed by the terrorist explosion at the Moscow airport Domodedovo, which claimed the lives of 35 people, as well as for the recovery of those who suffered.