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We provide here for your information the programme of the Primatial Visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which will take place from 15th – 18th October, 2016.

15^th October (Saturday)

- arrival

17:00  Moleben at the place where, from 1813-1920, the Russian Orthodox church was located.

 18:00  Matins of the Vigil service at the church of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in Chiswick

16^th October (Sunday)

09:30 – 13:00  Consecration of the Dormition Cathedral in Knightsbridge. Divine Liturgy. Blessing of the bells and an icon outside the church.

13:00  Festive Presentation at the Royal Geographical Society. Buffet lunch.

17^th October (Monday)

13:00  Blessing of a new gravestone at the burial place of Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh (Anthony Bloom).

18^th October (Tuesday)

- Visits to Buckingham and Lambeth Palaces

- Departure for Moscow