« On the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh prayed at the Liturgy in the Dormition Cathedral in London »

On February 9, 2025, on the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee, the celebration of the Council of New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh prayed at the Divine Liturgy in the Dormition Cathedral in London.

The divine service was led by Dean of the Diocesan District of South-East England, Archpriest Vitaly Polischuk, assisted by Archpriest Maxim Nikolsky, Priest Alexander Kapustin and clergy of the UOC temporarily residing in the Sourozh Diocese.

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

After the litany of fervent supplication, Archpriest Vitaly Polischuk said a prayer for the granting of peace.

At the funeral litany, prayers were offered for all the departed who suffered during the years of persecution for the faith of Christ.

At the after communion verse the Right Reverend Archpastor awarded the altar server of the parish of St. Cedd in Southgate, Sorin Baska, the right to wear a cassock.

The sermon after the dismissal of the Liturgy was given by Archpriest Vitaly Polischuk.

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