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« On the 31st Sunday after Pentecost, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy in the Dormition Cathedral in London »
27-01-2025 
On January 26, 2025, on the 31st Sunday after Pentecost, after the Epiphany, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Dormition Cathedral in London.His Grace was assisted by Archpriest Vitaly Polischuk, Dean of the Diocesan District of South-East England, Archpriest Dmitry Nedostupenko, Secretary of the Sourozh Diocese, and clergy of the UOC temporarily residing in the Sourozh Diocese, Priest Alexander Kapustin and Protodeacon Ioann Sylnik.
The liturgical chants were performed by the choir of the Dormition Cathedral under the direction of Dmitry Tugarinov.
After the litany of fervent supplication, Bishop Matthew said a prayer for the granting of peace. At the funeral litany, the Archpastor offered prayers for the newly departed Primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania, and the ever-memorable Archbishop Anatoly (Kuznetsov), former vicar of the Diocese of Sourozh, whose anniversary of repose is celebrated on this day (+26.01.2024).
At the end of the divine service, the Right Reverend Vladyka served a panikhida and addressed those present with words of sermon and spiritual edification.