« On the 11th Sunday after Pentecost, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London »

On August 20, 2023, on the 11th Sunday after Pentecost, the after-feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, the acquisition of the relics of St.  Mitrofan, Bishop of Voronezh (1832), 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, clergy of the UOC temporarily residing on the territory of the Diocese of Sourozh, Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch and Deacon Ion Silnic.

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 behind the ambo, Vladyka Matthew and the concelebrating clergy performed a prayerful glorification to the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord and to St. Mitrofan of Voronezh.

At the end of the divine service, the Archpastor 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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