« On the feast of the Intercession of the Most Holy Mother of God, a Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Dormition Cathedral in London »

On October 14, 2022, on the feast of the Intercession of the Most Holy Mother of God, a Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

On the eve of the feast, on October 13, an all-night vigil was celebrated with the consecration of bread, wheat, wine and oil.

The divine services were headed by Archpriest Dimitry Nedostupenko, Secretary of the Diocese of Sourozh, assisted by Dean of the Diocesan District of South East England Archpriest Vitaly Polishchuk, Dean of the Diocesan District of South West England Archpriest Joseph Skinner, cleric of the Kremenchug Diocese Priest Vasily Gandzyuk, Protodeacon Vadim Santsevich, Deacon Ioan Silnik and Deacon  Victor Nikiforov.

Liturgical hymns were performed by the choir of the Dormition Cathedral under the direction of Dmitry Tugarinov.

After the augmented litany, a prayer for peace was lifted up.

At the end of the Liturgy, a prayerful glorification was performed innfront of the icon of the Intercession of the Most Holy Mother of God.

Then Archpriest Dimitry addressed the parishioners with words of a sermon on the theme of the feast.  Translation into English was made by Protodeacon Vadim Santsevich.

The services were broadcast live on the "Life of Sourozh" page on the Facebook social network.

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