« On the eve of the Saturday of Akathist, the Right Reverend Bishop Matthew of Sourozh served a divine service in the parish of Venerable Ksenia of St.Petersburg in the city of Leeds »

On April 12, 2019, on the eve of Saturday of the fifth week of the Great Lent, Saturday of Akathist, Praise to the Most Holy Mother of God, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, during his visit to the North-England Deanery, served a divine service in the parish of Venerable Ksenia of St.Petersburg in the city of Leeds.

His Grace was assisted by Priest Dimitry Nedostupenko, Secretary of the Diocese of Sourozh, Dean of the Diocesan District of the North England and Wales, Priest Anatoly Vikhrov, Rector of the Parish, and Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch, cleric of the Dormition Cathedral in London.

At the end of the service, His Grace addressed the parishioners with words of spiritual edification.

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