« On the 4th Sunday after Pentecost, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London »

On July 2, 2023, on the 4th Sunday after Pentecost, of St. John (Maximovich), Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco (+1966), His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

His Grace was assisted by Archpriest Vitaly Polishchuk, Dean of the Diocesan District of South East England, Archpriest Dimitry Nedostupenko, Secretary of the Diocese of Sourozh, Priest Vasily Gandzyuk, and Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch.

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

Before the beginning of the Liturgy, an ark with great Christian relics (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 the chosen Saints of God) was carried from the altar to the middle of the Cathedral.

After the augmented litany, His Grace Vladyka proclaimed a prayer for the granting of peace.

Following the prayer beyond the ambo, the Archpastor and concelebrating clergy performed a prayerful glorification in front of the icon of St. John of Shanghai.

At the end of the divine service, Vladyka Matthew addressed those gathered on Sunday in the church with words of sermon and spiritual edification.  Simultaneous translation into English was provided by Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch.

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