Election of a new Diocesan Council of the Diocese of Sourozh


On April 1, 2023, after the divine Liturgy, the Diocesan Assembly of the Diocese of Sourozh was held under the chairmanship of His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh in the Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Mother of God in Manchester.
On April 1, 2023, on the feast of the Praise of the Most Holy Mother of God (Saturday Akathist), His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Mother of God in Manchester.
On Thursday evening, March 30th, 2023, the fourth Sacrament of Consecration (Unction) was performed at the Dormition Cathedral in London, which was led by the Rector of the church, Right Reverend Bishop Matthew of Sourozh.
On March 30, 2023, Thursday of the 5th week of Great Lent, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts at the Dormition Cathedral in London.
On March 29, 2023, on Wednesday of the 5th week of Great Lent, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated Great Canon Thursday Matins with the reading of the Great Penitential Canon of St. Andrew of Crete ("Standing of St.Mary") at the Dormition Cathedral in London.
On March 25, 2023, a Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the diocesan community in honour of St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (c. 634 - 687) in Durham.
Friday 24th March 2023 marked the 60th anniversary of the repose of Archimandrite Nicholas (Gibbes) (1873-1963), founder of the first Orthodox parish of St Nicholas the Wonderworker in Oxford (1946). Father Nicholas is well-known as having been the devoted servant of the Holy Royal Passion-bearers, Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra of Russia, and tutor of the English language of the Tsarevich Alexei and grand duchesses.
On March 21, 2023, on the day of remembrance of the 40 Martyrs of Sebaste, a regular expanded meeting of the Diocesan Council of the Diocese of Sourozh, under the chairmanship of His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, was held after the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London.
On March 21, 2023, on the feast day of the 40 Martyrs of Sebaste, at the end of the Divine Liturgy, in gratitude for the labors for the good of the Holy Church and in connection with the 20th anniversary of serving in the Holy orders, Dean of the Diocesan District of East England, Rector of the Parish of St. Ephraim the Syrian in Cambridge, Archpriest Raphael Armour was awarded the Patriarchal award - Order of the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh 3rd class.
On March 21, 2023, on the feast day of the 40 Martyrs of Sebaste, at the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh ordained Subdeacon Cosmin Frateanu to the diaconate.
On March 21, 2023, on the feast day of the 40 Martyrs of Sebaste, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts at the Dormition Cathedral in London.
On March 20, 2023, on the eve of the Day of Remembrance of the 40 Martyrs of Sebaste, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated an evening service at the Dormition Cathedral in London.
On March 19, 2023, on the 3rd Sunday of Great Lent, Veneration of the Cross, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy of St Basil the Great at the Dormition Cathedral in London.
On March 18, 2023, on the eve of the 3rd Sunday of Great Lent, Veneration of the Cross, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated an all-night vigil with the rite of carrying out the Holy and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord at the Dormition Cathedral in London.
On March 17, 2023, on the feast day of the Right-Believing Grand Prince Daniel of Moscow (1303), His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh prayed at the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts at the Dormition Cathedral in London.
On Thursday evening, March 16th, 2023, the second Sacrament of Consecration (Unction) was performed at the Dormition Cathedral in London, which was led by the Rector of the church, Right Reverend Bishop Matthew of Sourozh.
On March 12, 2023, on the 2nd Sunday of Great Lent, of St. Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessaloniki, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London.
On Thursday, March 9, 2023, the Sacrament of Consecration (Unction) was performed at the Dormition Cathedral in London, which was led by the Rector of the church, Right Reverend Bishop Matthew of Sourozh.
On March 5, 2023, on the 1st Sunday of Great Lent, the Triumph of Orthodoxy, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London.