« On Friday of the first week of Great Lent, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts in the Dormition Cathedral in London »

On March 7, 2025, Friday of the first week of Great Lent, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the second Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts of the year in 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 Diocese of Sourozh Archpriest Dimitry Nedostupenko, Archpriest Nikita Kozlov, Priest Vasily Gandzyuk and Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch.

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

Following the prayer after the communion, the Right Reverend Archpastor served a moleben with the reading of the canon to the Holy Great Martyr Theodore Tyrone and blessed the koliva.

At the end of the Liturgy, Bishop Matthew addressed the clergy and parishioners with words of sermon and spiritual edification. Simultaneous translation into English was provided by Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch.

Bishop Matthew warmly congratulated Archpriest Vitaly Polischuk, who is celebrating the 15th anniversary of his priestly ordination, and presented him with an icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and a bouquet of flowers.

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