« On the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London »

On September 27, 2024, on the Feast of the Universal Exaltation of the Holy and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, 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 Polischuk, Secretary of the Sourozh Diocese Archpriest Dimitry Nedostupenko, clergy of the UOC temporarily residing in the Sourozh Diocese, Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch, Protodeacon Ioan Sîlnic and Deacon Alexander Kapustin.

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

After the prayer after the communion, the Right Reverend Archpastor and the concelebrating clergy performed the glorification and venerated of the Cross of the Lord.

At the end of the 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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