On Thanksgiving Day, Bishop Matthew celebrates Liturgy in St. Nicholas Cathedral of the City of New York, USA

On Thursday, November 22, the American civil holiday Thanksgiving, the interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated Divine Liturgy in St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York City. His Grace was co-served by cathedral clerics as well as Abbot Jonah (Zaimovsky; director of the Alcohol and Narcotics Help Center "Metanoia" at St. Daniel's Monastery in Moscow). 

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Bishop Matthew celebrates Divine Liturgy on feast of the Synaxis of Archangel Michael and the Bodiless Hosts in the Cathedral of the City of New York, USA

On Wednesday, November 21, interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, celebrated Divine Liturgy on the  feast of the Synaxis of Archangel Michael and the Bodiless Hosts in St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York City. His Grace was co-served by cathedral clergy. 

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Bishop Matthew holds discussion with Youth of St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York City, USA

On Tuesday evening, November 20, the interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh held a discussion during the weekly youth meetings in St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York City. 

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ROCOR First Hierarch meets with Administrator of Patriarchal Parishes in USA

On Tuesday, November 20, a meeting was held at the residence of the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in New York City between the Administrator pro tempore of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, and Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York.

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Bishop Matthew of Sourozh meets with the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America

His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, hosted His Grace, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, the recently appointed Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States, at the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America on Monday, November 19, 2018.

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Bishop Matthew celebrates Liturgy in St. Nicholas Cathedral

On Sunday, November 18, the feast of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow Confessor and the Fathers of the Local Council of the Church of Russia in 1917-1918, as well as the 116th anniversary of the Great Consecration of St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, celebrated Divine Liturgy co-served by the Chancellor of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Archpriest Igor Tarasov and clerics of the Cathedral.

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Bishop Matthew leads All-night Vigil in St. Nicholas Cathedral on eve of Consecration Anniversary

On Saturday evening November 17, the eve of the feast of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia and the Fathers of the 1917-1918 Local Council of the Church of Russia, and the 116th anniversary of the Great Consecration, the interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh led the All-night Vigil in St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York City. His Grace was co-served by cathedral clergy.

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Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrates Divine Liturgy in St. John the Baptist Church in Little Falls, USA

On Saturday, November 17, the interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, celebrated Divine Liturgy in St. John the Baptist Church in Little Falls, NJ.

His Grace was co-served by a multitude of clerics of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA. At the Augmented Litany, prayers were read for the peace in Ukraine and unity of the Orthodox Church. 

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His Grace Matthew, Bishop of Sourozh begins Archpastoral visit to the USA

On the evening of November 16, the interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA Bishop Matthew of Sourozh arrived in the United States, to St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York City. His Grace venerated the holy objects of the cathedral and was acquainted with the clergy and laborers of the Representation of the Moscow Patriarchate in the United States.

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Parishioners of the Bishop's metochion in Rock's Farm made a pilgrimage to the spring of the venerable St. Edith of Wilton (+984)

On October 24, 2018, a group of parishioners of the Holy Elizabethan metochion in Roxpharm, Bodiam, together with nun Marfa (Persianinova), senior nun of of the metochion, made a pilgrimage to the spring of venerable Edith of Wilton (+984).

The ancient holy spring, located in the village of Kemsing, not far from the city of Sevenoaks in Kent, where Venerable Edith, daughter of King Edgar the Peace-loving, was born in 961, is a place of reverence for locals and Christians not only on September 16/29, but also throughout the year.

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On the day of the episcopal consecration, the Right Reverend Bishop Matthew of Sourozh served a moleben in the Cathedral of the City of London

On November 15, 2018, on the day of the 3th anniversary of the episcopal consecration, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh  prayed during the Divine Liturgy and led a moleben at the Dormition Cathedral in the city of London.

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On the 24th Week after the Pentecost, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the London Cathedral

On November 11, 2018, on the 24th Week after the Pentecost, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh led the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in the city of London.

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Anniversary of the passing away of A.I. Smirnova-Rakovich

November 9 is a year since the passing away of Alexandra Ivanovna Smirnova-Rakovich, the oldest parishioner of the Dormition Cathedral in London.

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On the feast of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, the Right Reverend Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the London Cathedral

On November 4, 2018, on the feast of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in the city of London.

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On the eve of Week 23 after the Pentecost, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh serve an all-night vigil at the Cathedral of the City of London

On November 3, 2018, on the eve of the Week 23rd after the Pentecost, feast of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh served an all-night vigil at the Dormition  Cathedral in London.

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Right Reverend Matthew, Bishop of Sourozh, celebrated the Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London on St.Dimitrius parental Saturday

 On November 3, 2018, on St.Dimitrius parental Saturday, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in the city of London.

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The Feast of St Frideswide, Abbess and Patron of the City and University of Oxford, was celebrated on 1-st November 2018

The Feast of St Frideswide, Abbess and Patron of the City and University of Oxford, was celebrated today with a special liturgy at the shrine of the Saint within Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, by kind permission of the Dean and Chapter. 

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Metropolitan Jonah (Puffhausen) visited the Dormition Cathedral in London

On October 30, 2018, the retired Most Reverend Metropolitan Jonah (Puffhausen) visited the Dormition Cathedral in the city of London. The distinguished guest was met by His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh. During the visit, a fraternal meeting of two archpastors was held, at which issues related to the life of Orthodox believers on the American continent were discussed.

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Rev Nikolai Evseev: “If you live in a country where the Halloween tradition does not exist, then you don’t need to impose it”

Reverend Nikolai Evseev, a cleric of the Stavropegic Parish of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Dublin, Ireland, tells about the feast of Halloween.

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On the 22nd Sunday after the Pentecost, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the City of London

On October 29, 2018, on the 22nd week after the Pentecost, a day of the memory of St. Athanasius the Confessor, Bishop of Kovrov, Right Reverend Bishop Matthew of Surozh celebrated Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

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