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On August 14, 2025, on the Feast of the Procession of the Honourable Wood of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, the feast of the All-Merciful Savior and the Most Holy Theotokos, the beginning of the Dormition Fast, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy 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, Priest Vasily Gandzyuk and Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch.

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

At the end of the Liturgy, Bishop Matthew performed the rite of the minor blessing of water and blessed honey. Then the Archpastor congratulated all those gathered for the feast and addressed those present with words of sermon and spiritual edification. Simultaneous translation into English was provided by Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch.

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