DIRECTORY OF THE DIOCESAN DEANERIES
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THE DIOCESAN REGIONS
1) South East England
2) South West England
3) Central England
4) East of England
5) Northern England
6) Wales
7) Scotland
8) Northern Ireland and Isle of Man
9) Republic of Ireland
10) British Overseas Territories
DIRECTORY OF PARISHES AND PLACES OF WORSHIP
LONDON Cathedral Knightsbridge
Patronal Feast of Cathedral: Dormition of the Mother of God
The Diocesan Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God and All Saints, 67 Ennismore Gardens, London SW7 1NH
Dean Bishop Matthew of Sourozh
Deputy Dean Fr Dmitry Nedostupenko
Cathedral Clergy
Fr Vitalii Polishchuk, Fr Maxim Nikolsky
Protodeacon Vadim Santsevich
Office Tel: 020-7584 0096 Send an e-mail
Churchwarden Elena Poplavskaya Send an email
Treasurer Alexey Motlokhov Tel: 020-3174 0307 Send an e-mail
Candle desk Tel: 07793-055388 Send an email
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1038877976143657
LONDON City
The Parish of St Nicholas the Wonderworker
Worships at St Mary Aldemary, Bow Ln, London EC4M 9BW
Rector Fr Nicolae Prescura
Contact Fr Nicolae Prescura Tel 07552 848474, Email: prescuranicolae@yahoo.com
https://www.facebook.com/groups/orthodoxlondon
LONDON Southgate
Diocesan Community of St Cedd
Worships at Southgate Methodist Church, 45 The Bourne, Southgate, N14 6RS
Clergy Fr Joseph Skinner
Contact Viktor Levine Email: viktor.levine@gmail.com
www.facebook.com/pg/russianorthodoxnorthlondon/
BASILDON Essex
Diocesan Community
Patron Saint Three Hierarchs
Worships at St Nicholas Church Church Hill, Basildon, Essex, SS15 5RX
Clergy Fr Nicolae Prescura
Contact Fr Nicolae Prescura Tel 07552 848474, Email: prescuranicolae@yahoo.com
ROMFORD Essex
Patron Saint St Andrew the First-Called
Worships at St Edward the Confessor RC Church, 5 Park End Rd, Romford RM1 4AT
Rector Fr Joseph Skinner
Contact Churchwarden Lyudmila Yekimchenkova Tel: 077780877814, Email: ludosia81@gmail.com
https://www.romford-orthodox.org.uk
SOUTH-EAST ENGLAND
Dean - Archpriest Vitalii Polishchuk
ST. ELIZABETH SISTERHOOD, near Bodiam, East Sussex
Diocesan Bishop's Metochion
Patron Saint St. Elizabeth the New Martyr
Worships at Rocks Farm, Bodiam, EAST SUSSEX, TN32 5RJ
Rector Bishop Matthew of Sourozh
Clergy Fr Sergiu Feodorenko
Contact Nun Martha (Persianinova) Tel: 07828-333408; 01580-830303, Email: gdelizabeth@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/groups/twrussian
BRIGHTON East Sussex
Parish in honour of the Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God
Worships at The Parish Church of the Holy Cross, 2 Downsway, Woodingdean, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 6BD
Rector Fr Vitalii Polishchuk
Contact Jekaterina Koshkina Tel. 077 925 37931, Email: orthodoxbrighton@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/orthodoxbrighton/
TUNBRIDGE WELLS Kent
Patron Saint St Luke
Worships at St Luke’s Church, St Luke’s Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9JH
Rector Fr Vitalii Polishchuk
Contact Dennis Flower e-mail dflower58@sky.com
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091318470518
SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND
Dean - Archpriest Joseph Skinner
BRISTOL Avon
Patronal Feast Holy Trinity
Worships at St John Fisher Church, 56 Begbrook Park, Frenchay, Bristol, BS16 1NF
Rector Fr Michael Gogoleff
Clergy Protodeacon Philip Turner
Contact Maria Springford, Tel: 01225 858792 email: mashaspringford@gmail.com
https://www.russian-orthodox-bristol.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1581051585504124
BUCKFAST (formerly Newton Abbot) Devon
Patron Saints St Elisabeth and St Barbara the New Martyrs
Worships at: services currently suspended
Rector Fr Benedict Ramsden
Contacts Sandee McIntyre Tel: 07837 525548 Email: smcintyre@comae.org.uk
PORTSMOUTH Hampshire
Patron Saints St Peter and St Paul
Worships at St. Colman’s Church Hall, St. Colman Ave, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 2JJ
Rector Fr Joseph Skinner
Clergy Dn Victor Nikiforov
Contact Churchwarden Katia Belova e-mail:orthodox.portsmouth@gmail.com
www.portsmouthorthodoxchurch.org.uk
SOUTHAMPTON Hampshire
Patron Saint St Silouan of Mount Athos
Worships at Holy Trinity Church hall, Millbrook Road, Southampton, SO15 0JZ.
Rector Fr Joseph Skinner
Clergy Dn Victor Nikiforov
Contact Evelina Dee-Shapland Tel. 01962 883592, Email: benevelina@me.com
http://www.stsilouan-soton.org
TOTNES Devon
New Calendar
Patron Saints St Antony and Elias
Worships at Priory Chapel, 5 Priory Drive, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5HU
Rector Fr Benedict Ramsden
Clergy Dn Pavel Kviatkevic
Contact Fr Benedict Tel 01752 895041, Email: tchapman@comae.org.uk
https://stcuthbertorthodox.org.uk/
TRURO Cornwall
New Calendar
Patron Saint St Cuthbert
Worships at St Peter's Church, 23 The Coombe, Newlyn, Penzance TR18 5HR
Rector Fr Benedict Ramsden
Clergy Dn Pavel Kviatkevic
Contact Fr Benedict Tel 01752 895041, Email: tchapman@comae.org.uk
https://stcuthbertorthodox.org.uk/
WIMBORNE/POOLE Dorset
Patron Saint St Edward, King and Martyr
Worships at Saint Dunstan Orthodox Church, 94A Bournemouth Road, Poole BH14 9HY
Rector Fr Maxim Nikolsky
Clergy Dn Viktor Nikiforov
Contact Mrs Maria Forrest Tel: 07879626158, Email: maria.forrest@gmail.com
http://www.russianorthodoxchurch-dorsetuk.org
CENTRAL ENGLAND
Dean - Archpriest Stephen Platt
BIRMINGHAM West Midlands
Patron Saints All Saints of Britain and Ireland
Worships at St Agatha Church, 233 Stratford Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham B11 1QT
Rector Fr Michael Gogoleff
Clergy Deacon Sergei Sokolovsky
Contact Archpriest Michael Gogoleff, tel: 01225 858792
or Churchwarden Valentina Tkachenko, tel: 0121 4293561
http://www.birmingham-sourozh.org.uk/
DERBY Derbyshire
Patron Saint St David of Wales
Worships at: St Mary's Chapel-on-the-Bridge, St. Mary's Bridge, Derby DE1 3AT
Rector Fr Daniel Joseph
Contact Reader John Keane Tel: 01332-344 407
LUTON Bedfordshire
Patron Saint St Alban
Worships at Holy Cross Church , Buckle Close, Luton LU3 3RT
Clergy Fr Stephen Platt
Contact Reader Paul Fowler Mob: 07938-878977, Email: pf2253@aol.com
NOTTINGHAM Nottinghamshire
Patron Saints St Aidan and St Chad
Worships at The Church of St Aidan and St Chad, Carlton Hill, Carlton, Nottingham NG4 1EE.
Rector Fr Gregory Butler
Clergy Deacon Paul Wood
Contact Fr Gregory Butler Mob 07342643926 email: staidananpriest@btinternet.com
OXFORD Oxfordshire
The Parish of St Nicholas the Wonderworker
Worships at Church of St Nicholas, 34 Ferry Rd, Marston, Oxford OX3 0EU
Rector Fr Stephen Platt
Clergy Dn Alexey Kostyanovsky
Contact Churchwarden Marianna Colyer Tel: 01865-744661 e-mail: marianna.colyer@sky.com
SWINDON Wiltshire
Patron Saints St Peter and St Paul
Worships at the Chapel of St Aldhelm, The Rainbow Bookshop, Edgeware Road, Swindon SN1 1QS
Rector Fr Maxim Nikolsky
Clergy Dn Victor Nikiforov
Contacts Svetlana Soboleva/Fogel. Tel: 07964 343301 James Harrin. Tel: 01793 642483
https://www.swindonorthodox.org
EAST OF ENGLAND
Dean - Priest Evgeny Selensky
CAMBRIDGE Cambridgeshire
New Calendar
Patron Saint St Ephraim the Syrian
Worships at St Clement's Church, Bridge Street, Cambridge, CB2 1UF.
Clergy Fr Joseph Skinner
Contact Churchwarden Ms Valentina Futuranova, Tel: 07967-792388, Email: churchwarden@ephraim.org.uk
https://saintephraim.org.uk/#/
IPSWICH Suffolk
Diocesan Community
Worships at St Mary at the Elms, Elm Street, Ipswich IP1 2AB
Rector Fr Evgeny Selensky
Contact Vadim Vasenkov Tel: 075 133 29200
KING’S LYNN Norfolk
Diocesan Community
Patronal Feast Nativity of the Mother of God
Worships at St Margaret’s Minster, St Margaret’s Place, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5DL
Rector Fr Evgeny Selensky
Contact Fr Evgeny Selensky Tel. 07949-655797, Email: eugene.selensky@gmail.com
PETERBOROUGH Cambridgeshire
Patron Feast St Olga
Worships at All Saints' Church, All Saints Road, Peterborough, PE1 2UJ
Rector Fr Evgeny Selensky
Contact Churchwarden Ms Elena Belorus Tel: 01733-760777; e-mail: lena_bels@yahoo.com
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1593853314230541
WALSINGHAM Norfolk (Shrine Chapel)
Joint Community of the Mother of God of the Life-Giving Spring
Patronal Feast The Icon of the Mother of God of the Life-Giving Spring
Worships at the Pan-Orthodox Chapel at the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, Little Walsingham, Norfolk NR22 6EF
Rector
Contact Mother Melangell mob: 07502-277341
NORTHERN ENGLAND
Dean - Archpriest Dmitry Nedostupenko
BRADFORD West Yorkshire
Patronal Feast Parish of the Meeting of the Lord
Worships at Serbian Orthodox Church of Holy Trinity, 98 Little Horton Lane, Bradford BD5 0JG
Rector Fr Anatoly Vihrov
Contact Fr Anatoly Vihrov, Tel: 07900 970337, e-mail: vihrov_anatoli@mail.ru
https://www.facebook.com/groups/188054221396477
CARLISLE Cumbria
Patron Saint St Ninian of Whithorn
Worships at: St. John the Baptist’s Church, Manor Road, Upperby, Carlisle, CA2 4LH.
Rector Fr Victor Akhryapin
Contact Churchwarden Mrs Olesya Collier, Tel: 07741 503266, email: olesjainc@yandex.ru
Occasional services (once in 2-3 months).
https://www.facebook.com/groups/126938374509081
DURHAM Durham
Diocesan Community
Patron Saint St Cuthbert, the wonderworker of Britain
Worships at St Mary Magdalene's Church, Belmont, Durham, DH1 2QW
Rector Fr Victor Akhryapin
Contact Fr Victor Akhryapin, Tel: 07745422109, e-mail: avictorn@hotmail.com
KINGSTON-UPON-HULL East Riding of Yorkshire
Patronal Feast Nativity of Our Lord
Worships at St Mary the Virgin Church, Hull, HU1 1EJ
Rector Fr Anatoly Vihrov Tel: 07900970337
Contact Churchwarden Valentina Whiting, Tel: 07794-677720, Email: sorokina379@hotmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/russianorthodoxchurchinhull
LEEDS West Yorkshire
Patron Saint St Xenia of St Petersburg
Worships at: St. Matthew's Church. Wood Lane, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, United Kingdom LS7 3QF
Rector Fr Anatoly Vihrov Tel: 07900970337
Contact Churchwarden German Rozenfeld Tel: 07450865834, email: ger.roz84@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/groups/182356951814517
MANCHESTER Greater Manchester
Patronal Feast Protecting Veil of the Most Holy Mother of God (Pokrov)
Worships at Church of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary
64 Clarence Road, Longsight, Manchester M13 0YE Tel: 0161-256 4241
Dean Bishop Matthew of Sourozh
Deputy Dean Fr Dmitry Nedostupenko
Clergy Fr Anatoly Vihrov Tel: 07900970337
Treasurer Mr George Dance, Tel: 0161 292 1652 e-mail: parish@pokrov.org.uk
Churchwarden Mariana Greenan, Tel: 07583 694746 or 01704 874572, email: mtagreenan@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pokrovchurch
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE Tyne and Wear
Patron Saint St George the Trophy-Bearer
Worships at All Saint's Cemetery, Jesmond Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE2 1NL
Rector Fr Victor Akhryapin
Contact Fr Victor Akhryapin, Tel: 07745422109, email: avictorn@hotmail.com
http://www.russianorthodoxnewcastle.com
https://www.facebook.com/Russian-Orthodox-Church-in-Newcastle-upon-Tyne-674875826021460
YORK
Patron Saint Sts Constantine and Helena Equal-to-the-Apostles
Woships at St Mary’s Church, Bishophill Junior, York, YO1 6EN
Rector Fr Anatoly Vihrov Tel: 07900970337
Clergy Dn Paul Wood
Contact Fr Anatoly Vihrov, Tel: 07900 970337, e-mail: vihrov_anatoli@mail.ru
http://russianorthodoxyork.org.uk/en/
https://www.facebook.com/Russian-Orthodox-Church-in-York-1617835295182012
WALES
Dean - Hegumen Deiniol (Davies)
BLAENAU FFESTINIOG Wales
Patronal Feast All Saints of Wales
Worships at Church of All Saints of Wales, Manod Rd, Blaenau Ffestiniog LL41 4AF
Rector Fr Deiniol (Davies)
Contact Fr Deiniol, Tel: 01766831271, e-mail: tad@deiniol.cymru
BANGOR Wales
Diocesan Community
Patronal Feast Saint Deiniol of Bangor
Worships at Capel Emaus, Love Lane, Bangor, LL57 2TE
Clergy Fr Deiniol (Davies)
Contact Fr Deiniol, Tel: 01766831271, e-mail: tad@deiniol.cymru
WREXHAM Wales
Diocesan Community
Worships at Capel y Groes, 10 Stryt Holt Street, Wrecsam / Wrexham, LL12 7AG
Clergy Fr Deiniol (Davies)
Contact Fr Deiniol, Tel: 01766831271, e-mail: tad@deiniol.cymru
SCOTLAND
Dean - Priest Oleksandr Menshykov
ABERDEEN
Patron Saint St Machar of Aberdeen
Worships at King's College Chapel, College Bounds, Old Aberdeen, AB24 3EE
Rector Fr Oleksandr Menshykov
Contact Fr Oleksandr Menshykov Tel: 07879 250103, Email: o.menshykov@abdn.ac.uk
Churchwarden Mrs. Sylwia (Paulina) Sawicka, siu@op.pl, 07927 082408
Treasurer Mrs. Evgenia Brothers, evgenia.brothers@yahoo.co.uk, 07502 492532
DUNDEE
Patronal Feast Annunciation of the Mother of God
Worships at Chaplaincy Centre, University of Dundee, Cross Row, Dundee, DD1 4HN
Rector Fr Oleksandr Menshykov
Contact Fr Oleksandr Menshykov Tel: 07879 250103, Email: o.menshykov@abdn.ac.uk
Churchwarden Mr. Sergey Ginins, ginin.s.n@gmail.com, 07702 063004
Treasurer Prof. Natalia Korolkova, nvk@st-andrews.ac.uk, 07748 181349
https://www.facebook.com/groups/795244450820895
EDINBURGH
Patron Saint St Teneu
Worships at Greenside Parish Church, 1b Royal Terrace, EH7 5AB
Rector Fr Georgy Zavershinsky
Contact Yulia Evans Tel: 07480 841954, Email: yulia.evans@hotmail.co.uk
GLASGOW
Patron Saint St Kentigern of Glasgow
Worships at Govan Old Church, 866 Govan Road, Glasgow G51 3UU
Rector Fr Nil Lubchenko
Contact Sergey Vakaryuk Tel 07544 629550, Email: macvak4@hotmail.com
http://www.kentigern.squarespace.com
NORTHERN IRELAND & ISLE OF MAN
Dean - Archpriest Georgy Zavershinsky
BELFAST Northern Ireland
Patron Saint St Finnian of Clonard
Worships at St George Church, 105 High St, Belfast, BT1 2AG, UK
Rector Fr Georgy Zavershinsky
Contact Natasha Stewart Tel: 07976838519, Email: orthodox.belfast@gmail.com
Website: stfinnian.webs.com
DOUGLAS Isle of Man
Occasional services.
Patron Saints: The Royal Passion-Bearers
Worships at St Matthew's Church, North Quay, Douglas, IM2 1AZ
Rector Fr Georgy Zavershinsky
Contact Olga Stone Tel 07624 430967, Email: i.r.stone@mcb.net
NEWRY Northern Ireland
Diocesan Community
Worships at Hall for All, 33 Downshire Rd, Newry, BT34 1EE
Rector Fr Georgy Zavershinsky
Contact Yulia Pristupa Tel 07842 017891, Email: kicjulchik555@gmail.com
Daniel Aktumanis, Tel +353 (87) 9305216, Email: aktumanis@inbox.lv
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Dean - Archpriest Michael Nasonov
ATHLONE Co. Westmeath
Patronal Feast Holy Theophany
Worships at Drum Community Centre, Summerhill, Crannagh, Athlone, Co. Roscommon, N37 T298
Rector Fr Nikolai Kobets
Contact Mrs Olga Pokrovskaja Tel: 00353 851205212, Email: massonsundays@gmail.com
CASTLEBAR Co. Mayo
Diocesan Community of St Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
Worships at The Monastery, 3 Upper Chapel St, Garryduff, Castlebar, F23 D295
Rector Fr Ioann Kazadojev
Contact Fr Ioann Kazadojev Tel: +353 87 780 9076 e-mail: i.kazadojev@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1578737295704065
CORK Co. Cork
Patronal Feast Holy Trinity, Pentecost
Worships at St Peter's Church of Ireland, Church Hill, Carrigrohane, Cork, T12 TX89
Rector Fr Nikolay Evseev
Contact Reader Leonid Gontmaher Tel: +353 85 179 0571 e-mail:gontmaher@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Orthodox.cork
DROGHEDA Co. Louth
Patronal Feast Entrance into the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos,
Worships at St. Peter's Church of Ireland, Peter's Hill, Drogheda, Co. Louth
Rector Fr Nikolay Evseev
Clergy Fr Gennady Sokolov
Contact Eric Zaitsev Tel: +353 85 158 0861 e-mail: vermont@yahoo.com
https://www.facebook.com/groups/302209156534902
DUBLIN Co. Dublin
Patron Saints Holy Apostles Peter & Paul
Worships at Church of Holy Apostles Peter & Paul, Mount Argus Rd, Dublin 6W
Rector Fr Michael Nasonov
Clergy Fr Nikolay Evseev, Fr Sergey Sokolov, Dn Sergei Staravoitau, Dn Ioann Chernelevsky
Office: +353-8-6734-7934
Fr Nikolay Evseev (Secretary of the Metochion Council) +353-83-1083160
e-mail: mnasonov@hotmail.com
GALWAY Co. Galway
Patron Saint St Nicholas the Wonderworker
Worships at Ballinfoyle Castlegar Neighbourhood Centre, Galway, H91 PN50
Rector Fr Ioann Kazadojev
Contact Fr Ioann Kazadojev Tel: +353 87 780 9076 e-mail: i.kazadojev@gmail.com
LETTERKENNY Co. Donegal
Diocesan Community of Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
Worships at IOSAS Center, Derryvane, Muff, Co Donegal
Clergy Fr Michael Nasonov
Contact Fr Michael Nasonov, Tel: +353-8-6734-7934, e-mail: mnasonov@hotmail.com
LIMERICK Co. Limerick
Parish of St John the Theologian
Worships at Unit E, The Gables, Ballysimon Rd, Spital-Land, Limerick V94 NW82
Rector Fr Nikolai Kobets
Clergy Fr Ioann Kazadoev
Contact Mrs Olga Pokrovskaja Tel: 00353 851205212 e-mail: massonsundays@gmail.com
ROSSLARE Co. Wexford
Diocesan Community
Worships at Saint Ruane Church, Churchtown, Kilrane, Rosslare Harbor, Wexford, Y35 XD30
Clergy Fr Grigore Oboroceanu
Contact Fr Grigore Oboroceanu Tel: +353 86 234 68 55 e-mail: oborogri@yahoo.co.uk
SLIGO Co. Sligo
Diocesan Community of St Attracta
Worships at St Anne's Church, Cranmore Rd, Sligo F91 C3YT
Rector Fr Ioann Kazadojev
Contact Fr Ioann Kazadojev Tel: +353 87 780 9076 e-mail: i.kazadojev@gmail.com
TRALEE Co. Kerry
Diocesan Community
Worships at Church of Immaculate Conception, Rathass, Tralee V92DX62
Clergy Fr Michael Nasonov
Contact Fr Michael Nasonov Tel: +353(86)734-7934 e-mail: mnasonov@hotmail.com
WATERFORD Co. Waterford
Patron Saint St Patrick of Ireland
Worships at Manor Saint John Centre, Saint Paul's Boxing Club (1st floor), Lisduggan, Waterford, X91XW80
Rector Fr Grigore Oboroceanu
Contact Mrs Inna Kuzmenko Tel: +353 87 900 0143 e-mail: ikuzmenko@wit.ie