« On the Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy in the Dormition Cathedral in London »

On March 9, 2025, on the 1st Sunday of Great Lent, the Triumph of Orthodoxy, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy 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, Priest Alexander Kapustin, Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch and Protodeacon Ioan Sîlnic.

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

Before the beginning of the Liturgy, a reliquary with great Christian relics - a particle of the Life-giving Cross of the Lord, a particle of the belt of the Most Holy Mother of God and particles of the holy relics of the chosen saints of God - was brought out from the altar to the center of the church.

After the litany of fervent supplications, Bishop Matthew proclaimed a prayer for the granting of peace.

At the end of the Liturgy, Bishop Matfey and the concelebrating clergy performed the rite of the Triumph of Orthodoxy. The feast was established by the Church on the occasion of the restoration of the practice of venerating holy icons in 843 after a long period of iconoclasm.

At the end of the divine service, the Right Reverend Archpastor addressed those present with words of sermon and spiritual edification.  Simultaneous translation into English was provided by Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch.

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