Archbishop Elisey blessed the masts of HMS Belfast

On 19^th October, Archbishop Elisey took part in a solemn ceremony to inaugurate the new masts for the light cruiser HMS Belfast, the last ship to participate in World War II.  The vessel has been repaired through the efforts of a team of Russian shipwrights. HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia, S.E. Naryshkin, and veterans of the Arctic convoys attended the ceremony.

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Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh made an archpastoral visit to Ireland

On Saturday 16^th October, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh celebrated the first hierarchal Divine Liturgy at St Nicholas Parish of the Diocese of Sourozh in Galway.

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The first Baptism took place on the Isle of Man

On Saturday 16th October, the first Baptism on the Isle of Man was celebrated at the Parish of the Royal Passion-Bearers in Douglas.

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Archbishop Elisey consecrated a new church in Oxford

On Saturday 9th October, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh consecrated a new Church in honour of St Nicholas the Wonderworker in Oxford.

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Archbishop Elisey took part in the launch of The Way course of the IOCS

On 7th October, the official launch of The Way, a course introductory to the Orthodox faith, elaborated by the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies in Cambridge took place at the Hall of St Botolph's Church without Bishopgate, London.

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The Holy Synod resolved to assign two new priests to the Diocese of Sourozh

On 6th October, at the ordinary session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, it was resolved to assign Priest George Zavershinsky, employee of the Department for the External Church Relations, to the Diocese of Sourozh in order to provide pastoral service in Scotland and to assign Priest Nikolai Evseev, cleric of the Patriarchal metochion in Dublin, to the Diocese of Sourozh in order to provide pastoral care for the parishes of the Irish Deanery

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Archbishop Elisey celebrated the Divine Liturgy in Kings Lynn

On Saturday 25th September, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the parish of the Diocese of Sourozh in Kings Lynn.

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Benedict XVI visited Great Britain

On 17th September, the Heads of the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches took part in the evening service at Westminster Abbey dedicated to the visit of Pope Benedict XVI. Archbishop Elisey and some members of the Diocese of Sourozh attended the service among other representatives of Cristian Communities of Great Britain.

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Clergy meeting of the Diocese of Sourozh took place at the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God

On 11th September, day of commemoration of the Beheading of St John the Baptist, at the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God in London, the Divine Liturgy was concelebrated by almost all the clergy of the Diocese of Sourozh who complete their pastoral service in the territory of the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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Address by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk to the Annual Nicean Club Dinner (Lambeth Palace)

 Your Grace, ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests,

At the outset, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to His Grace Archbishop Rowan Williams for inviting me to address the members of the Nicean Club.

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DECR chairman and Archbishop of Canterbury meet at Lambeth Palace

On September 9, 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, met with Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace, the official residence of the primate of the Church of England.

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Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk visited the Catherdal of the Dormotion in London

On Thursday 9^th September, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate visited the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God in London. Vladyka Hilarion was received by Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh, Archbishop Anatoly of Kerch, Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Sourozh, the the clergy and parishioners of the Cathedral - many of them remember Vladyka Hilarion from the time he served in the British Isles.

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DECR Chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk begins his visit to Great Britain

On September 9, 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relation, met with the deputy director of the UN Drug and Crime Office, Mr. Yuri Fedotov, at the Russian embassy in London. Metropolitan Hilarion is on a visit to Great Britain with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and on invitation by Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury.

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Moleben for the beginning of the academic year was celebrated at the Cathedral of the Dormition

On Saturday, 4th September, after the Divine Liturgy, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh celebrated a Moleben for the beginning of the academic year at the Cathedral of the Dormition in London.

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Report on collections taken 15 to 31 August for the victims of the fires in Russia

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The Feast of Dormition of the Mother of God was solemnly celebrated at the Cathedral of the Dormition in London

On Saturday 28^th August, the Feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God in London.

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Archbishop Elisey blessed the Antimensions for the parishes of the Diocese of Sourozh

On 27^th August, the Forefeast of the Dormition of the Mother of God, the Patronal Feast of the Cathedral of the Diocese of Sourozh, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh blessed the Antimensions received with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to celebrate divine services in the 30 parishes of the Diocese of Sourozh.

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Collections for the victims of the fires in Russia are continuing

On 18^th August, the Diocese of Sourozh transferred £5000 in aid of the victims of the forest fires in Russia to the special account of the Department of Church Charity and Social Work of the Holy Synod.

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Pilgrims from the Cathedral of the Dormition and the Parish of St Andrew the First-Called visited the holy places of Essex

On Saturday, 21^st August, the parishioners of the Cathedral of the Dormition in London together with the faithful of the Parish of St Andrew the First-Called in Romford took part in a pilgrimage to the holy places of Essex.

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Special collection in aid of the fire victims in Russia is being carried out by the Diocese of Sourozh

With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh called the members of the Diocese of Sourozh to support those who suffered from the forest fires in Russia.

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