Wednesday
Jan182023

On Epiphany Eve, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London

On January 18, 2023, on the eve of Theophany (Epiphany Eve), His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Royal Hours, Great Vespers, the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great and the Great Blessing of Water at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

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Sunday
Jan152023

On the day of remembrance of St. Seraphim of Sarov, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London

On January 15, 2023, on the 31st Sunday after Pentecost, before Epiphany, the day of memory of St. Seraphim of Sarov, the miracle worker, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

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Saturday
Jan142023

Bishop Matthew of Sourozh took part in the Christmas Tree party of the parish school of the Dormition Cathedral in London

On Saturday, January 14, 2023, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh took part in the Christmas Tree party of the parish school at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

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Saturday
Jan142023

On the Feast of the Circumcision of the Lord, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London

On January 14, 2023, on the feast of the Circumcision of the Lord and the day of memory of St. Basil the Great, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

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Saturday
Jan142023

On the eve of the Feast of the Circumcision of the Lord, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh officiated an evening service at the Dormition Cathedral in London

On January 13, 2023, on the eve of the Feast of the Circumcision of the Lord, the day of memory of St. Basil the Great, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated an all-night vigil at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

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Wednesday
Jan112023

2023 Church Wall Calendar published

With the blessing of His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, the publishing house of the Dormition Cathedral in London has published a wall Orthodox church calendar in Russian for 2023.

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Monday
Jan092023

Publication of the wall-leaf Orthodox church calendar of the Sourozh diocese for 2023

The publishing house of the Dormition Cathedral in London has published a wall-leaf Orthodox calendar of the Sourozh diocese for 2023.

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Monday
Jan092023

A Christmas Tree festival was held in the Intercession Church in Manchester

On January 8, 2023, on the feast of the Synaxis of the Most Holy Mother of God, after the Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Mother of God in Manchester, a Christmas Tree festival was organised for the young parishioners of the church.

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Monday
Jan092023

On the feast of the Synaxis of the Most Holy Mother of God, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London

On January 8, 2023, on the 30th Sunday after Pentecost, after-feast of the Nativity of Christ, the feast of the Synaxis of the Most Holy Mother of God, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

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Saturday
Jan072023

On the feast of the Nativity of Christ, a late festive Liturgy was celebrated at the Dormition Cathedral

On January 7, 2023, on the feast of the Nativity of Christ, a late Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

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Saturday
Jan072023

On the feast of the Nativity of Christ, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London

On the night of January 6-7, 2023, on the feast of the Nativity of the Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

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Saturday
Jan072023

"Silent Night", a Christmas carol performed by the Choir of the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Dormition in London

Saturday
Jan072023

On the eve of the feast of the Nativity of Christ, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh officiated all-night vigil at the Dormition Cathedral in London

On the evening of January 6, 2023, on the eve of the feast of the Nativity of Christ, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated all-night vigil at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

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Saturday
Jan072023

On Christmas Eve, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London

On the morning of January 6, 2023, on the eve of the Nativity of Christ (Christmas Eve), His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

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Friday
Jan062023

Christmas Message of Metropolitan Nestor of Korsun and Western Europe, Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe

Christmas Message of Metropolitan Nestor of Korsun and Western Europe, Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe.

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Friday
Jan062023

Christmas Message from Patriarch KIRILL of Moscow and All Russia

Christmas Message from Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to the Archpastors, Pastors, Deacons, Monastics and All the Faithful Children of the Russian Orthodox Church.

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Tuesday
Jan032023

Diocesan Conference to Take Place in May of this Year

The Conference Committee is pleased to announce that, with the blessing of His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, the Diocesan Conference will take place on May 26th - 28th, 2023 at the  High Leigh Conference Centre in Hertfordshire. 

Diocesan Conference at Effingham ca. 1985

The Sourozh Diocesan Conference is an annual gathering of clergy and laity from Britain and Ireland, together with guests from abroad. The tradition of holding this type of gathering was established in the 1970’s by the ever-memorable Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom). Distinguished speakers from Russia, Britain and other countries are invited to the conference. 

 
This theme of this year's Conference is '"Thy Kingdom come": the Church in the world but not of the world'.

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Tuesday
Jan032023

Diocesan Calendar and Lectionary for 2023 Published

The Diocesan Media and Publishing Department is pleased to announce that, with the blessing of His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, the 2023 Diocesan Calendar and Lectionary is now published. It is an English translation of the official Calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church with the addition of a number of local saints. The Diocesan Directory of Departments, Clergy and Parishes is included.
It is available now to purchase as a paperback and as a digital pdf download. Copies will also shortly be available in the Cathedral shop. 

 

Tuesday
Jan032023

To the attention of pilgrims from the Russian Orthodox Church traveling to Greece

In 2018, as a result of the recognition by the Patriarchate of Constantinople of schismatic communities in Ukraine and the establishment of communion with them, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church stated the impossibility of "continuing Eucharistic communion with its hierarchs, clergy and laity. For all clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church, it is impossible to co-serve with the clerics of the Church of Constantinople, and for the laity - to participate in the sacraments performed in its churches"

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Wednesday
Dec282022

On the day of remembrance of St. Stephen of Sourozh, His Grace Bishop Matthew celebrated the Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London

On December 28, 2022, on the day of memory of the patron saint of the Sourozh diocese, St. Stephen the Confessor, Archbishop of Sourozh, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

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