« On the feast day of St. Theophan the Recluse, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the Cathedral of the City of London »

On June 29, 2019, on the feast day of St. Theophan the Recluse of Vysha, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in the city of London.

His Grace was assisted by Archpriest Maxim Nikolsky, Archpriest Vitaly Polishchuk, Priest Nikita Kozlov, Protodeacon Vadim Sancevitch and Deacon Victor Nikiforov.

The liturgical chants were sung by the children's choir of the Cathedral parish school under the direction of M.V.  Bezmenova.

After the prayer before the ambon, the Right Reverend Vladyka and the serving clergy sung glorification in front of the icon of St. Theophan the Recluse, after which Vladyka Matthew addressed the clergy and the congregation with words of sermon.

On this day, the academic year in the parish school of the Dormition Cathedral has finished, and Vladyka has warmly congratulated the school director E.N. Poplavskaya, teachers and pupils with the end of the school year, wished everyone a good summer holiday and gave spiritual edification.

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