« On Thursday of Holy Week, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy in the Dormition Cathedral in London »

On 17 April, on Holy Thursday, the day of the Remembrance of the Last Supper, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great in the Dormition Cathedral in London.

His Grace was assisted by Archpriest Maxim Nikolsky, Dean of the Diocesan District of South East England Archpriest Vitaly Polischuk, Secretary of the Sourozh Diocese Archpriest Dimitry Nedostupenko, cleric of the Archdiocese of Western European Parishes of the Russian Tradition Hegumen Feofan (Willis), clergy of the UOC MP temporarily residing in the territory of the Sourozh Diocese, Priest Alexander Kapustin, Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch and Deacon Viktor Nikiforov.

The liturgical chants were performed by the choir of the Dormition Cathedral under the direction of Dmitry Tugarikov.

During the Liturgy, Bishop Matthew ordained Nektariy (Sorin) Baska to the diaconate.

At the end of the service, the Right Reverend Archpastor addressed the clergy and parishioners with words of a sermon. Simultaneous translation into English was performed by Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch.

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