Sunday
Jun082014

The Miracle-working ‘‘Kursk-Root’’ Icon of the Mother of God ‘‘of the Sign’’ visited the Dormition Cathedral

On 8th June, Feast of the Holy Trinity, the Miracle-working ‘‘Kursk-Root’’ Icon of the Mother of God ‘‘of the Sign’’ visited the Dormition Cathedral of the Diocese of Sourozh. 

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Thursday
May292014

Archbishop Elisey met with Metropolitan Ignatios of the Antiochian Orthodox Church

On Thursday, May 29th, the feast of the Ascension of the Lord, Archbishop Elisey met with His Eminence, Metropolitan Ignatios of the Archdiocese of France, Western and Southern Europe, who is on a pastoral visit to the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of the British Isles and Ireland.

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Saturday
May242014

Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh and Archbishop Anatoly of Kerch took part in the festivities on the occasion of the Name Day of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and the Day of Slavic Writing and Culture

On 24th May, the commemoration day of Ss Cyril and Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles (the Name Day of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia) and the Day of Slavic Writing and Culture, Archbishop Elisey if Sourozh and Archbishop Anatoly of Kerch, Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Sourozh, took  part in the solemn celebration of the Divine Liturgy, presided by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and His Holiness Patriarch Neophytos of Bulgaria at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.

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Wednesday
May142014

Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh was the guest preacher at the annual View Day service at the Church of St Bartholemew the Great

On Wedsday 14th May, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh was the guest preacher at the annual View Day service at the Church of St Bartholemew the Great in the City of London.

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Sunday
May112014

Archbishop Elisey visited  Ireland

On Saturday, 10th May, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh made an archpastoral visit to the parish of St Patrick of Ireland in Waterford.

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Sunday
May042014

Archbishop Elisey celebrated the Divine Liturgy in St Nicholas parish in East London

On May 4th, the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Moldavian-speaking parish of St Nicholas in East London.

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Sunday
Apr202014

The Paschal Services were celebrated at the London Dormition Cathedral

On the night of Holy Pascha, 19th to 20th Apil, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh led the celebration of the Feast of the Resurrection of Christ.

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Saturday
Apr192014

PASCHAL MESSAGE by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

Beloved in the Lord

Your Graces the archpastors,

all-honourable pastors and deacons,

God-loving monks and nuns,

dear brothers and sisters!

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Saturday
Apr192014

EASTER MESSAGE OF ARCHBISHOP ELISEY OF SOUROZH

EASTER MESSAGE 

OF   E L I S E Y

 ARCHBISHOP OF SOUROZH

TO THE PASTORS AND ALL FAITHFUL CHILDREN  

OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH 

IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND

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Friday
Apr182014

Timetable of Easter services at the Cathedral

Great Saturday   19th April

The services are celebrated in the small church

The small church is open from 9:00 till 22:00

9:15     Confession (in the library)

10:00   Hours. Vespers. Liturgy

  At Easter night and morning the services will be celebrated in the square in front of the Cathedral.

  22:00   Reading of the Acts of the Holy Apostles in the square.

 Glorious Resurrection of Christ   20th April

 00:00   Easter Procession,  Easter Matins, Divine Liturgy in the square.

10:00   Late Divine Liturgy in the square.

 Small church opens at 15.00

 18:00   Easter Vespers in the small church.

  The mystery of Confession will not be held during the Easter service. Those who confessed during the Great lent are blessed to take the Holy Communion. On Great Saturday 19th April, the Confession will be held in the library from 9:15 during the Liturgy and then in the course of the day in the small temple till 22:00.

      Blessing of the kulichs will be on Great Saturday

19th April - during the day, from 13:00 till 23:00, 
and also after the Easter Liturgy at about 3:00.

The kulichs may be bought at the Cathedral from 11th April.

Tuesday
Mar252014

Archbishop Elisey visited the Parish in Bradford

On 22nd March, feast of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh visited the Parish of the Meeting of the Lord in Bradford and celebrated the Divine Liturgy together with the Rector, Archpriest Gennady Andreev, and Archdeacon Dmitry Nedostupenko.

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Sunday
Mar092014

Traditional Pan-Orthodox Vespers was celebrated in London

On 9th March, the Day of Orthodoxy, the traditional Pan-Orthodox Vespers was celebrated in London.

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Tuesday
Mar042014

The services of the First Week of Great Lent are celebrated at the London Cathedral

The services of the first week of Great Lent are being celebrated in their fullness in the small church at the Cathedral.

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Thursday
Jan162014

Consecration of the small church and general meeting of the parish took place at the Cathedral

On 20th January 2014, works on the refurbishment and embellishment of the church will begin at the Cathedral of the Dormition.

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Tuesday
Jan072014

Christmas Message of His Holiness Patriarch KIRILL of Moscow and All Russia to the archpastors, pastors, monks and nuns and all the faithful children of the Russian Orthodox Church

Beloved in the Lord Your Graces the archpastors,
all-honourable presbyters and deacons,
God-loving monks and nuns,
dear brothers and sisters!

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Monday
Jan062014

CHRISTMAS MESSAGE OF E L I S E Y, ARCHBISHOP OF SOUROZH

CHRISTMAS MESSAGE OF

E L I S E Y

ARCHBISHOP OF SOUROZH

TO THE PASTORS AND ALL FAITHFUL CHILDREN

OF THE DIOCESE OF SOUROZH

OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

Dearly beloved in the Lord, honourable pastors 
and God-loving laypeople, 
dear brothers and sisters!

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Saturday
Dec142013

Archbishop Elisey visited the Parish in Romford

On Saturday, 14th December, His Eminence Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh visited the Parish of St Andrew the First-Called in Romford, which was celebrating its patronal festival.

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Tuesday
Dec102013

The Great Holy Relic, fragment of the Holy Cross of the Lord, visited Oxford

On Tuesday 10th December 2013 a part of the wood of the Holy Cross of Christ, which has been brought to England from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, arrived in Oxford.

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Friday
Dec062013

The exhibition "The Contemporary Russian Icon" is being held in the United Kingdom. 

The opening of the exhibition "The Contemporary Russian icon" will take place on Tuesday, 10 December 2013 at 18:30 in the exhibition room of the representative office of Rossotrudnichestvo in the United Kingdom, at First floor, 37 Kensington High Street, London W8 5ED.

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Monday
Dec022013

The Great Holy Relic of the Christian World, a Fragment of the Holy Cross of our Lord has been brought to the Cathedral of the Dormition

On Saturday 30th November, the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God was honoured to receive a fragment of the Holy Cross of our Lord.

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