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On May 9, 2025, on the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory, the Divine Liturgy, funeral litia and thanksgiving moleben to the Lord God for the gift of victory in the Great Patriotic War were celebrated in the Dormition Cathedral in London.

With the blessing of His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, the service was led by the Secretary of the Sourozh Diocese, Archpriest Dimitry Nedostupenko, assisted by the clergy of the cathedral, Archpriest Maxim Nikolsky and Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch.

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

At the litia, prayers were offered for "the ever-memorable leaders and warriors who laid down their lives for the faith and our Fatherland on the battlefield, who died from wounds and hunger, who were innocently tortured and killed in captivity and bitter labour, who died during the siege and all who laboured for the sake of Victory, whose names You Yourself, Lord, know."

After the dismissal of the Liturgy, Archpriest Dimitry Nedostupenko delivered a sermon, emphasizing the significance of the feast of the Great Victory Day at the present time and the importance of preserving historical memory for future generations, after which a funeral litia and a thanksgiving moleben were served.

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