« On Ecumenical Parental Saturday, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh prayed at the Liturgy in the Dormition Cathedral in London »

On February 22, 2025, on the Ecumenical Parental (Meatfare) Saturday, the memory of all Orthodox Christians who have died since the beginning of time, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh prayed and received the Holy Mysteries of Christ at the Liturgy in the Dormition Cathedral in London.

The service was celebrated by the Dean of the Diocesan District of South-East England, Archpriest Vitaly Polischuk, assisted by Secretary of the Sourozh Diocese, Archpriest Dmitry Nedostupenko, and Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch.

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

At the funeral litany, prayers were offered for “our fathers and brothers, all Orthodox Christians who have died since the beginning of time”.

After the Liturgy, a panikhida was served in the center of the church. 

The sermon was delivered by Archpriest Vitaly Polischuk. 

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