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« On the 26th Sunday after Pentecost, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London »
03-12-2023 
On December 3, 2023, on the 26th Sunday after Pentecost, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London.Concelebrating with His Grace were Archpriest Maxim Nikolsky, Dean of the Diocesan District of South-East England Archpriest Vitaly Polishchuk, Secretary of the Sourozh Diocese Archpriest Dimitry Nedostupenko, Priest Nikita Kozlov, Priest Vasily Gandzyuk, Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch and Deacon Ioann Silnic.
Liturgical chants were performed by the choir of the Dormition Cathedral under the direction of Dmitry Tugarinov.
Before the start of the Liturgy, an ark with great Christian shrines (a particle of the Life-giving Cross of the Lord, the belt of the Most Holy Mother of God and particles of the holy relics of God's chosen saints) was carried from the altar to the middle of the church.
After the augmented litany, the Right Reverend Vladyka proclaimed a prayer for the granting of peace.
The sermon at the end of the Liturgy was delivered by Archpriest Vitaly Polishchuk.