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Apr182025
« On Friday of Holy Week, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Royal Hours at the Dormition Cathedral in London »
18-04-2025 
On the morning of April 18, 2025, on Good Friday, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Royal Hours at 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, Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch and Deacon Nektariy Baska.
The liturgical hymns were performed by the cathedral choir under the direction of Anna Kobrina.
The Old Testament prophecies, verses from the Apostolic Epistles and the Four Gospels were read on the clock in Church Slavonic and English, telling of the betrayal of the Lord Jesus Christ to Pilate's trial, the suffering, death and removal of the Savior from the Cross.