Archbishop Elisey visited Glasgow

On Sunday 15th September, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh visited Scotland and celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Parish of St Kentigern in Glasgow.
On Sunday 15th September, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh visited Scotland and celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Parish of St Kentigern in Glasgow.
From 11th to 12th September, Archbishop Elisey visited Saint Petersburg and, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, took part in the celebrations on the occasion of the 300 anniversary of Alexander Nevsky Lavra.
On the blessing of His Emminence Archbisop Elisey, on 24 September 2013, the day of memory of saint venerable Silouan of Athos, spiritual father of Archimsndrate Sophrony (Sakharov), founder of the monastery, there will be a pilgrimage to the Monastery of St. John the Baptist in Essex.
On 4th August, the memory of Metropolitan Anthony, who departed to the Lord ten years ago, was prayerfully observed at the London Cathedral.
July 30, Archbishop Elisey and archpriest Alexander Gorbunov attended a reception hosted by a prominent British politician and economist, the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, member of Parliament Vincent Cable in association with Bishop Angelos, the general bishop of the Coptic Church in the United Kingdom.
Sunday 4th August will be 10th anniversary of the blessed repose of Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom).
On June 4, 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia arrived on Holy Mount Athos.
On 1st June, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia arrived in Greece at the invitation of His Beatitude Hieronymus II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, and the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Greece.
On May 11th, Bright Saturday, Archbishop Elisey took part in the celebration of St. Basil of Ostrog - one of the most venerated Serbian saints, which took place in the London Church of St Sava of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
On May 6th, Bright Monday, the feast of the holy Great Martyr George, the martyr Anatoly and the Holy Martyr the Empress Alexandra, Archbishop Elisey, the clergy and parishioners of the Cathedral of the Dormition in London congratulated Archbishop Anatoly of Kerch, the suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Sourozh, on his namesday.
Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh lead the Paschal services at the Cathedral of the Dormition in London on the night of Holy Pascha, 4th/5th of May.
PASCHAL MESSAGE
by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia
to the Archpastors, Pastors, Deacons, Monastics and all the Faithful Children
of the Russian Orthodox Church
Dearly beloved in the Lord,
honourable pastors, God-loving monastics and laypeople,
dear brothers and sisters!
The Cathedral will be open from 9 am on 4th May till 4 am on 5th May.
On March 24, 2013, the Day of Orthodoxy, the traditional Pan-Orthodox Vespers was celebrated in London.
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.