« On the Feast of the Entry of the Most Holy Mother of God into the Temple, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London »

On December 4, 2024, on the day of the celebration of the Entry of the Most Holy Mother of Our Lord and the Virgin Mary into the Temple, the 107th anniversary of the enthronement of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of All Russia, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

His Grace was assisted by Archpriest Maxim Nikolsky, Secretary of the Sourozh Diocese Archpriest Dimitry Nedostupenko, clergy of the UOC temporarily residing in the Sourozh Diocese, Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch and Protodeacon Ioann Sylnik.

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

At the communion verse, Bishop Matthew awarded the altar servant of the Dormition Cathedral in London, Mikhail Kuznetsov, the right to wear the orarion.

At the end of the Liturgy, the Right Reverend Archpastor and the concelebrating clergy performed the glorification of the Mother of God.

At the end of the divine service, Bishop Matthew addressed those present with words of sermon and spiritual edification. Simultaneous translation into English was provided by Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch.

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