« On the day of remembrance of St. Stephen of Sourozh, His Grace Bishop Matthew celebrated the Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London »

On December 28, 2022, on the day of memory of the patron saint of the Sourozh diocese, St. Stephen the Confessor, Archbishop of Sourozh, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

His Grace was assisted by Archpriest Maxim Nikolsky, Dean of the Diocesan District of South East England Archpriest Vitaly Polishchuk, Secretary of the Diocese of Sourozh Archpriest Dimitry Nedostupenko, Priest Alexander Menshikov, Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch and Deacon Viktor Nikiforov.

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

After the augmented litany, the Archpastor proclaimed a prayer for the granting of peace.

Following the prayer behind the ambo, Vladyka Matthew performed a prayerful glorification in front of the icon of St. Stephen, congratulated those bearing the name Stephen with their Angel Day, and addressed those present with a word of sermon and spiritual edification.

At the end of the service, Archpriest Dimitry Nedostupenko, on behalf of the clergy, monastics and laity, warmly congratulated His Grace Vladyka on the 5th anniversary of his archpastoral ministry in the Sourozh diocese and presented Vladyka with a holy prosphora and a bouquet of flowers.

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