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 at the London Cathedral.
The services of the first week of Great Lent are being celebrated at the London Cathedral.
The enthronement of Archbishop Justin Welby took place on March 21, 2013, at Canterbury. The solemn ceremony was held at the medieval cathedral founded by St. Augustine of Canterbury in 597.
Same-sex unions have continued to be legalized in Europe. Recently, corresponding bills have been approved by the lower chambers of the French and British parliaments. It was done not only in defiance of the opinion of a part of the deputies but also against the background of mass protest demonstrations by citizens.
On February 16th, the Afterfeast of the Feast of the Meeting of the Lord, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh made an archpastoral visit to the parish of All Saints who shone forth in the lands of Britain and Ireland in Birmingham.
On the 9th of February, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh headed the Divine Liturgy for the Feast of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church at the St Elisabeth Bishop's Metochion, Bodiam.
On the 1st of February, the fourth anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh took part in the Divine Liturgyand the festive reception at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.
The annual general meeting of the Assembly of the Diocese of Sourozh took place at the London Cathedral on Saturday 12th January.
On January 10th, after Vespers and the Akathist to St Nicholas, which was led by Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh, there was a meeting between the Archbishop and the young people of the London Dormition Cathedral.
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
On December 11th a joint meeting of the Diocesan Council and the Diocesan Administrative Board was held at the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God, under the chairmanship of Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh.
The 6th Meeting of the Assembly of Bishops with Churches in Great Britain and Ireland took place at the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God and the Holy Royal Martyrs in London on Tuesday Nov. 6th.
On Saturday 21st July, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh celebrated a festal Divine Liturgy at the Hierarchical Metochion of the Holy New-Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth in East Sussex.
On Tuesday 17th July, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh took part in the Divine Liturgy in honour of the Patronal Feast of the Holy Royal Passion-Bearers at the Cathedral of the Dormition and the Holy Royal Martyrs in Chiswick (Russian Orthodox Church Abroad).
On Sunday 15th July, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Parish of St Ephraim the Syrian in Cambridge.
On June 11th, the rite of blessing was held at recently opened London office of "Rossotrudnichestvo" (RosCooperation).
On 11th June, during his stay in Great Britain, Archbishop Mark of Yegoryevsk, Head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Administration for Foreign Institutions,together with Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh visited the Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St John the Baptist in Essex, near Maldon (Constantinople Patriarchate).
The Diocesan Jubilee Congress, dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Diocese of Sourozh, took place from 8th to 10th June 2012.