His Grace Bishop Agafangel of Norilsk and Turukhansk celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal metochion in Dublin


On February 23, 2019, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the Diocesan community of St. Luke in Tunbridge Wells. With the blessing of His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Archpriest Vitaly Polishchuk served the divine service.
On February 17, 2019, on the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh led the Divine Liturgy at the Stavropegical Patriarchal metochion of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
On Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th February, the Church of St Nicholas the Wonderworker in Oxford was visited by a group of pilgrims from Russia, led by His Grace Bishop Agafangel of Norilsk and Turukhansk.
On February 16, 2019, on the day of commemoration of Equal to the Apostles Nicholas, Archbishop of Japan, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the parish of St Patrick of Ireland in the city of Waterford, Republic of Ireland.
On February 15, 2019, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporarily administrator of the Patriarchal parishes in the USA and Canada, arrived to the Republic of Ireland with archpastoral visit.
On February 15, 2019, on the feast of the Meeting of the Lord God and Our Savior Jesus Christ, the Right Reverend Bishop Matthew of Sourozh and Bishop Agafangel of Norilsk and Turukhansk, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in the city of London.
On February 14, 2019, on the eve of the feast of the Meeting of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh and Bishop Agafangel of Norilsk and Turukhansk served an all-night vigil at the Dormition Cathedral in the city of London.
On February 10, 2019, on the 37th Sunday after Pentecost, Commemoration Day of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London.
On the eve of the 37th Sunday after the Pentecost, the feast of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh served an all-night vigil at the Dormition Cathedral in the city of London.
On January 30, the Academy on the Neva hosted a lecture by Archpriest Georgy Zavershinsky, a dean of the parishes of Scotland and Northern Ireland, on the topic “Relationship category: Orthodox and Western opinion”. The meeting was attended by students and teachers of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy.
On February 3, 2019, His Beatitude Tikhon, Metropolitan of All America and Canada, who had attended the celebrations marking the 10th anniversary of the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church and the enthronement of His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, completed his visit to Russia.
On February 3, 2019, the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, led the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Great Martyr Catherine on Vspolye. His Beatitude was assisted by His Eminence Matthew, Bishop of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the United States and Canada, Most Reverend Daniel, Bishop of Santa Rose; Archpriest Alexander Rentel, Administrator of the Orthodox Church in America; Archpriest Daniel Andreiuk, representative of the Orthodox Church in America under the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
On Saturday, February 2, 2019, the Sretensky Monastery was visited by a delegation of the Orthodox Church in America led by its Primate, His Beatitude Tikhon, Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada.
On February 2, 2019, in the framework of the visit to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, a delegation of the Orthodox Church in America led by His Beatitude MetropolitanTikhon of America and Canada and accompanying American guests, Bishop Matthew of Surozh, together with the delegation of the Orthodox Church in America, visited the Donskoy Monastery in Moscow.
On February 1, 2019, the 10th anniversary of the enthronement of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, he celebrated the Divine Liturgy together with Primates and representatives of Local Orthodox Churches, autonomous and self-governed Church members of the Moscow Patriarchate, as well as heads of metropolises, bishops and priests of the Russian Orthodox Church, at the Cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour.
On 30 January 2019, at the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in St. Daniel’s Monastery in Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America.
Representing the Russian Orthodox Church at the meeting were also Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations; Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, acting administrator of the Moscow Patriarchate’s parishes in the USA and Canada; Archpriest Nikolai Balashov, DECR vice-chairman; Archpriest Igor Yakimchuk, DECR secretary for inter-Orthodox relations.
On January 27, 2019, on the 35th Sunday after Pentecost, the leave of the feast of the Epiphany, the day of commemoration of St. Nina Equal to the Apostles, Enlightener of Georgia, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, in co-service of the hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, led the Divine liturgy at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. The Bishop Matthew of Sourozh took part in the service.
On January 23, 2019, Bishop Matthew, Head of the Sourozh Diocese, met with Bishop Jonathan Goodall of Ebbsflit, representative of the Archbishop of Canterbury in charge of Orthodox Churches.