Saturday
Jul172010

Archbishop Elisey celebrated the Patronal Festival at Chiswick

On Saturday, 17th July, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia in Chiswick, London, on the occasion of the Patronal Festival of the Lower church, which is decicated to the Holy Royal Martyrs, the Tsar Nicholas II and his family.

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Sunday
Jun272010

Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh celebrated the first Divine Liturgy in Birmingham

On Sunday, 27 June, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Parish of All British Saints in Birmingham, West Midlands.

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Saturday
Jun262010

Drafts of the Statutes of the Diocese of Sourozh and Model Statutes of the Parish of the Diocese of Sourozh were accepted at the Diocesan Assembly meeting

On Saturday, 26th June, a Diocesan Assembly meeting was held at the Cathedral of the Dormition in London at which for the second and final time the drafts of the civil Statutes of the Diocese of Sourozh and Model civil Statutes of the Parish of the Diocese of Sourozh were accepted.

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Tuesday
Jun222010

Archbishop Elisey took part in the Reception at Lambeth Palace in honour of the Pan-Orthodox Episcopal Assembly

On 22nd June, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh took part in the Reception organized by Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams at Lambeth Palace in honour of the Pan-Orthodox Episcopal Assembly.

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Monday
Jun212010

At the Pan-Orthodox Assembly of Hierarchs in Great Britain Archbishop Elisey was elected Chairman of the Pastoral and Inter-Orthodox Commissions 

On 21st June, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh took part in the Pan-Orthodox Assembly of Bishops with responsibility in the British Isles, which was held at Thyateira House, the centre of the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain (Patriarchate of Constantinople).

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Sunday
Jun202010

Divine Liturgy in front of the Icon “Znamenie” in Chiswick

On Sunday, 20th June, on the invitation of Archbishop Mark of Berlin and Germany (ROCA), Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh took part in the celebration of the Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral of the Mother of God in Chiswick dedicated to the arrival of the wonderworking Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God to the Chiswick Cathedral on that day.

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Saturday
Jun192010

The wonderworking Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God at the Dormition Cathedral

On Saturday 19 June, the wonderworking Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God arrived at the Cathedral of the Dormition in London.

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Saturday
Jun192010

Pilgrimage to St Albans and a Moleben to the Saint Alban the Martyr

On Saturday 19 June, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh celebrated a Moleben to St Alban, the Protomartyr of England, in front of the holy rests of the Protomartyr at St Alban’s Cathedral.

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Thursday
Jun172010

Metropolitan John of Western and Central Europe visited the Cathedral of the Dormition in London

On 17th June, Metropolitan John of Western and Central Europe (Antiochian Orthodox Church) visited the Cathedral of the Dormition in London.

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Sunday
Jun132010

The celebration of the Synaxis of the Saints who shone forth from the Land of Britain and Ireland took place at the Cathedral of the Dormition in London

On 13th June, Sunday of All Saints who shone forth from the Land of Britain and Ireland, with the blessing of Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh, the Divine Liturgy and the Vigil on the eve of the feast were celebrated in English at the Cathedral of the Dormition in London.

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Saturday
Jun122010

Archbishop Elisey took part in the Annual Meeting of the IOCS

On Saturday, 12th June, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh took part in the Annual Meeting of the Cambridge Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies.

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Friday
Jun112010

Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh took part in the Reception at the Russian Embassy dedicated to the Day of Russia  

On Friday, 11th June, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh took part in the festive Reception at the Embassy of Russian Federation in Great Britain dedicated to the celebration of the Day of Russia.

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Sunday
Jun062010

Annual Conference of the Russian Orthodox Church in Great Britain and Ireland

The Conference took place on June 4th - 6th at the Wycliffe Conference Centre near High Wycombe on the theme: 'Marriage, Monasticism and the Single Life'.

See the Conference website www.sourozh-conference.org

Monday
May312010

Archbishop Elisey took part in a session of the Holy Synod

On Monday, 31 May, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh took part in a session of the Holy Synod held in the historical building of the Holy Synod in Saint Petersburg.

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Sunday
May302010

Concelebration of the Primates of the Russian and Constantinopolitan Churches in Saint Petersburg

On 30 May, Sunday of All Saints, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh, as a temporary member of the Holy Synod, took part in the Divine Liturgy celebrated by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople in the St. Isaac Cathedral in Saint Petersburg.

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Saturday
May292010

Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh arrived in Saint Petersburg

Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh took part in the visit of His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople to Saint Petersburg.

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Sunday
May232010

On the Holy Trinity Day, Archbishop Anatoly of Kerch, Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Sourozh, was awarded the order of Saint Andrei Rublev, second class

On Sunday, 23 May, the Holy Trinity Day, the festive Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the London Dormition Cathedral followed by Vespers with kneeling prayers. After the service, Archbishop Anatoly of Kerch, Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Sourozh, was awarded the order of Saint Andrei Rublev, second class.

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Tuesday
May182010

Festive Matins in the presence of the Turin Shroud

On Monday, 17 May, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh took part in a festive service in the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Turin where the Holy Shroud was opened for vereration.

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Sunday
May162010

Episcopal service in the joint Orthodox parish in Durham

On Sunday, 16 May, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh together with the Rector of the parish Priest Andrew Louth, cleric of the Diocese of Sourozh and professor of of the University of Durham, Hieromonch Serafim (Aldea), cleric of the Romanian Church, and Protodeacon Dimitry Nedostupenko celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Parish of Saint Cuthbert and Saint Bede in Durham.

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Friday
May142010

A new Parish dedicated to Holy Great Martyr George Victory-bearer was opened in Newcastle

On Saturday, 14 May, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh celebrated a Divine Liturgy in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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