Monday
Apr062015
Timetable of Easter Services
06-04-2015 Timetable of services on
Great Saturday 11th April and
Pascha of Christ 12th April 2015
06-04-2015 Friday
Feb272015
The Annual Pan-Orthodox Vespers will take place on the Sunday of Orthodoxy
27-02-2015 According to the long-established tradition, bishops, clergy and faithful from all Orthodox Churches represented in London will gather on the evening of the Sunday of Orthodoxy, which this year falls on the 1st of March, for common prayer and to celebrate our unity in the Orthodox Faith.
The Vespers will take place at 6 pm at the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St Sava, by the kind invitation of His Grace Bishop Dositej of Great Britain and Scandinavia. His Eminence Archbishop Gregorios of Thyateira and Great Britain will preside and the guest preacher will be Hieromonk Nikolai (Sakharov) of the Monastery of St John the Baptist.
Thursday
Feb262015
SACRAMENT OF UNCTION
26-02-2015 During Lent in the Dormition Cathedral the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick (Unction) will take place every week:
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1st week |
Friday |
27 February |
Main Church |
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2nd week |
Thursday |
5 March |
Small Church |
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3rd week |
Thursday |
12 March |
Small Church |
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4th week |
Thursday |
19 March |
Small Church |
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5th week |
Thursday |
26 March |
Small Church |
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6th week |
Thursday |
2 April |
Small Church |
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Holy Week |
Great Wednesday |
8 April |
Main Church |
Tuesday
Jan062015
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE OF EL I S EY ARCHBISHOP OF SOUROZH
06-01-2015 Dearly beloved in the Lord, honourable pastors
and God-loving laypeople,
dear brothers and sisters!
I greet you most warmly with the great feast of the Nativity of Christ, the triumph of the uniting of Heaven and earth through the mysterious birth into the world of the God-child!
Friday
Dec262014
The Festive Christmas Services on Tuesday, 6th January will be celebrated in the MAIN CHURCH of the Cathedral of the Dormition
26-12-2014 VIGIL will begin at 9.00pm.
DIVINE LITURGY will begin at about 11.00pm.
Friday
Dec262014
The Small Consecration of the MAIN CHURCH of the Cathedral of the Dormition will take place on New Year's Eve
26-12-2014 In connection with the completion of the first phase of repairs and the reconstruction of the altar,
On the 31st of December at 5.00pm the newly built altar of the Main Church will be consecrated.
On the 31st of December at 6.00pm a Moleben for the New Year will be served.
At midnight the Divine Liturgy will be celebrated, beginning with the Hours at 11.30pm on 31st December.
Saturday
Dec202014
Diocesan Meeting meets in Manchester
20-12-2014 On Saturday, Dec 20th, the annual Diocesan Meeting was held in Manchester at the Church of the Protecting Veil of the Mother of God.
Tuesday
Dec092014
Representatives of the Diocese of Sourozh attended the First International Congress of Orthodox Youth in Moscow
09-12-2014 
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill addressed the audience about the importance of being grateful to God, leadership, youth work and searching for one’s other half.
On the 18th and 19th of November, 2014, a large-scale International Orthodox Youth Forum was held in Moscow. 10,000 delegates came from Russian Orthodox dioceses from all over the world, from Kazakhstan to Canada, Siberia to Ireland. The Diocese of Sourozh was represented by Archpriest Stephen Platt from Oxford, Anastasia Denisova from London and Ivan Kozodoev from Dublin.
Wednesday
Sep032014
Christian Leaders in Great Britain discussed the plight of Christians in the Middle East
03-09-2014 
On 3rd September 2014, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh took part in an unprecedented meeting of the leaders and representatives of the Christian Churches of Great Britain and the Churches of the Middle East.
Thursday
Aug282014
Archbishop Elisey led festive celebrations on the Parish Patronal Festival of the London Dormition Cathedral
28-08-2014 
On 28 August, on the parish holy day of the Dormition of The Mother of God, the festive church service took place in the small church of the London Dormition Cathedral.
Wednesday
Aug202014
The Cathedral bids farewell to Archpriest Maxim Mitrofanov
20-08-2014 
On Sunday 17th August, Archpriest Maxim Mitrofanov celebrated his last service as a priest of the London Cathedral.
Monday
Aug042014
Panikhida was celebrated at the Brompton cemetery on the memorial day of Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom)
04-08-2014 
On 4th of August, the day of the 11th anniversary of the repose of ever-memorable Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom), founder of the Diocese of Sourozh, Archbishop Anatoly of Kerch, Suffragan Bishop of the diocese, celebrated a panikhida at the Old Brompton cemetery.
Thursday
Jul242014
The funeral of Archpriest John Lee took place in London
24-07-2014 
The funeral of Archpriest John Lee, former Dean of the London Cathedral of the Dormition, took place at St Andrew's, Holborn on Tuesday, 1st July.
Sunday
Jun222014
A Conference, ‘Metropolitan Anthony: Pastor of the Church of Christ: in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of his birth’, took place near London
22-06-2014 
2014 is a jubilee year for the Diocese of Sourozh, which is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founder, the ever-memorable Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom). One of the main events dedicated to the jubilee was the Annual Sourozh Diocesan Conference ‘Metropolitan Anthony: Pastor of the Church of Christ’, which took place on 20th - 22nd June in Hertfordshire near London.
Thursday
Jun192014
Repose of Archpriest John Lee, former Dean of the London Cathedral
19-06-2014 
Archpriest John Lee, a close friend and disciple of the ever-memorable Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom), peacefully departed this life on the evening of 18th June.
Thursday
Jun192014
The 100th Anniversary of the birth of Metropolitan Anthony was celebrated at the Cathedral of the Dormition in London
19-06-2014 
On 19th June, the 100th anniversary of the birth of the ever-memorable Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom), the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at theCathedral with the participation of a large number of the faithful.
Wednesday
Jun112014
Archbishop Elisey attended a service dedicated to the Orthodox composer Sir John Tavener
11-06-2014 On 11th June, Archbishop Elisey attended a service in Westminster Abbey, dedicated to the Orthodox British composer Sir John Tavener.
Sunday
Jun082014
The Miracle-working ‘‘Kursk-Root’’ Icon of the Mother of God ‘‘of the Sign’’ visited the Dormition Cathedral
08-06-2014 
On 8th June, Feast of the Holy Trinity, the Miracle-working ‘‘Kursk-Root’’ Icon of the Mother of God ‘‘of the Sign’’ visited the Dormition Cathedral of the Diocese of Sourozh.
Thursday
May292014
Archbishop Elisey met with Metropolitan Ignatios of the Antiochian Orthodox Church
29-05-2014 
On Thursday, May 29th, the feast of the Ascension of the Lord, Archbishop Elisey met with His Eminence, Metropolitan Ignatios of the Archdiocese of France, Western and Southern Europe, who is on a pastoral visit to the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of the British Isles and Ireland.
Saturday
May242014
Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh and Archbishop Anatoly of Kerch took part in the festivities on the occasion of the Name Day of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and the Day of Slavic Writing and Culture
24-05-2014 On 24th May, the commemoration day of Ss Cyril and Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles (the Name Day of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia) and the Day of Slavic Writing and Culture, Archbishop Elisey if Sourozh and Archbishop Anatoly of Kerch, Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Sourozh, took part in the solemn celebration of the Divine Liturgy, presided by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and His Holiness Patriarch Neophytos of Bulgaria at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.