« On the 10th Sunday after Pentecost, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London »

On August 16, 2020, on 10th Sunday after Pentecost,  feast day of  St. Anthony the Roman, of Novgorod, wonderworker (1147), His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

His Grace was assisted by the acting Dean of the Diocesan District of the South-East of England, Archpriest Vitaly Polishchuk and Protodeacon Vadim Santsevich.

At the augmented litany, prayers were raised to get rid of the spread of the harmful epidemic - coronavirus infection.  Then His Grace Vladyka offered a prayer, which is read during the spread of a harmful epidemic.

At the end of the Liturgy, Vladyka Matthew congratulated the parishioners and clergy of the Cathedral wit the feast and addressed them with a word of edification.

The service was broadcast live on the diocesan page Life of Sourozh on the social network Facebook.

After the Divine Liturgy, the cathedral was opened for visiting parishioners and individual prayer.

Divine services with participation of parishioners will be held every Sunday.  Due to the need to comply with government rules for leaving quarantine, those wishing to take part in the Liturgy should read the Rules for visiting the church.

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