Sunday
May032026

Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Our Lady of Kazan Church in San Diego

On May 2, 2026, Saturday of the third week after Pascha, the feast day of the Blessed Eldress Matrona of Moscow, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Our Lady of Kazan Church in San Diego, California.

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Sunday
May032026

Bishop Matthew of Sourozh visited the first Christian mission on the West Coast of the United States

On May 1, 2026, after visiting Our Lady of Kazan Cathedral in San Diego, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, visited San Diego de Alcalá Mission, the first Franciscan mission in the province of Las Californias in the Viceroyalty of New Spain.

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Sunday
May032026

Bishop Matthew of Sourozh Arrives in San Diego, USA

On May 1, 2026, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Acting Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, arrived in San Diego, California, as part of an archpastoral visit to the Deanery of the Western United States.

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Sunday
May032026

Bishop Matthew made a pilgrimage to California's spiritual and historical heritage sites

On April 30, 2026, upon arrival in California, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, visited the Mission of the Holy Archangel Gabriel and the Port of St. Peter the Apostle in Los Angeles.

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Saturday
May022026

Bishop Matthew's Easter visit to the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada

On April 30, 2026, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, acting Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, arrived in the United States. Over the next two weeks, His Grace will visit parishes in the deaneries of the Western United States, the Eastern United States, the Atlantic States, and the Patriarchal Parishes in Canada.
He will also lead the patronal feast of St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York City.
Meetings with hierarchs of the Local Orthodox Churches are also planned during the visit.
The Archpastor is accompanied on his trip by his personal secretary, N.V. Trubnikov.

 

Tuesday
Apr282026

An Orthodox pilgrimage took place to Crowland Abbey (8th century)

On Saturday, April 25, 2026, with the blessing of His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, an Orthodox pilgrimage took place to the ancient Crowland Abbey in Lincolnshire. It was founded in the 8th century on the site of the exploits of St. Guthlac of Crowland (c. 673-714).

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Wednesday
Apr222026

On Radonitsa, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated a panikhida at the grave of Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom)

On April 21, 2026, on the day of Radonitsa, after the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh and the cathedral clergy celebrated a panikhida at the grave of the ever-memorable founder of the Diocese of Sourozh, Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom), in Old Brompton Cemetery in London.

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Wednesday
Apr222026

On Radonitsa, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London

On April 21, 2026, Tuesday of the second week after Easter, the day of Radonitsa, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

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Sunday
Apr192026

On St.Thomas Sunday, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Dormition Cathedral in London

On April 19, 2026, the Second Sunday after Pascha, the Sunday of the Apostle Thomas, the day of Antipascha, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Dormition Cathedral in London.

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Saturday
Apr182026

On the Eve of St.Thomas Sunday, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh Celebrated the All-Night Vigil at the Dormition Cathedral in London

On the evening of April 18, 2026, the eve of the Second Sunday after Pentecost (the Sunday of the Holy Apostle Thomas), His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the All-Night Vigil at the Dormition Cathedral in London. 

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Friday
Apr172026

On Friday of Bright Week, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Bishop's Metochion in Roks Farm

On April 17, 2026, Friday of Bright Week, the feast of the Icon of the Mother of God "Life-Giving Spring," His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Bishop's Metochion of the Holy Grand Duchess Martyr Elizabeth in Roks Farm, near Bodiam.

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Tuesday
Apr142026

On Tuesday of Bright Week, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London

On April 14, 2026, on Tuesday of Bright Week, on the feast of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

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Sunday
Apr122026

On the feast of the Holy Resurrection of Christ, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh prayed at the late Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London

On the morning of April 12, 2026, on the feast of the Holy Resurrection of Christ, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh prayed at the late Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

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Sunday
Apr122026

On the Feast of the Bright Resurrection of Christ, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated a solemn divine service in the Dormition Cathedral in London

On the night of April 11-12, 2026, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated Easter services - midnight office, procession with the cross, Easter matins and the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom in the Dormition Cathedral in London.

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Sunday
Apr122026

Easter kulich, paskha, and eggs were blessed at Dormition Cathedral in London

On April 11, 2026, the blessing of Easter food was performed throughout the day at Dormition Cathedral in London.

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Saturday
Apr112026

On Holy Saturday, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London

On April 11, 2026, Holy Saturday, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated Vespers with the reading of the 15 paremias and the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

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Saturday
Apr112026

Easter Message of Metropolitan Mark of Korsun and Western Europe, Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe

EASTER MESSAGE

OF METROPOLITAN MARK OF KORSUN

AND WESTERN EUROPE,

PATRIARCHAL EXARCH OF WESTERN EUROPE

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Saturday
Apr112026

Paschal Message by Patriarch KIRILL of Moscow and All Russia

Paschal Message

by His Holiness KIRILL, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus’,

to the Archpastors, Pastors, Deacons, Monks, Nuns 

and All the Faithful Children of the Russian Orthodox Church

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Friday
Apr102026

On the eve of Great Saturday, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated Matins with the rite of burial in the Dormition Cathedral in London

On the evening of April 10, 2026, on the eve of Great Saturday, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated Matins with the rite of burial of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Dormition Cathedral in London.

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Friday
Apr102026

On Friday of Holy Week, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated Vespers with the transferal of the Shroud of the Savior in the Dormition Cathedral in London

On April 10, 2026, on Good Friday, the remembrance of the Holy and Saving Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated Vespers with the transferal of the Shroud of the Savior in the Dormition Cathedral in London.

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