His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh arrives in Ireland


On April 25, 2023, on the day of Radonitsa, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh and the clergy of the Dormition Cathedral in London served a panikhida at the grave of Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom) at the Old Brompton Cemetery.
On April 25, 2023, Tuesday of the 2nd week after Pascha, the day of Radonitsa, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy and the Paschal commemoration of the departed at the Dormition Cathedral in London.
On April 23, 2023, on the 2nd Sunday after Easter, Apostle Thomas Sunday, the day of Antipascha, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London.
On April 22, 2023, Saturday of the Bright Week, feast day of the Monk Martyr Vadim of Persia (376), His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London.
On April 21, 2023, Friday of Bright Week, feast of the icon of the Mother of God "The Life-Giving Spring", His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated Matins, Easter Hours and the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom at the Dormition Cathedral in London.
The Diocesan Conference is due to take place from May 26th - 28th, 2023 at the High Leigh Conference Centre, Hertfordshire. Registration is open until Sunday April 30th at www.sourozh-conference.org.
On April 18, 2023, Tuesday of Bright Week, feast of the Iberian Icon of the Mother of God, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated Matins, Easter Hours and Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom at the Dormition Cathedral in London.
On the morning of April 16, 2023, on the feast of the Holy Resurrection of Christ, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh prayed at the late Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London.
On the night of April 15-16, 2023, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated Easter divine services - midnight office, procession, Paschal Matins and the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom at the Dormition Cathedral in London.
Great Saturday - 15th April
09:30 - Hours. Typika. Vespers with the Divine Liturgy of St Basil the Great. General Confession
22:00 - The Reading of the Acts of the Holy Apostles
23:35 - Midnight Service
The Glorious Resurrection of Christ – 16thApril
00:00 - Easter Matins and Divine Liturgy
10:00 - Easter Hours. Late Divine Liturgy
On the morning of April 15, 2023, on Holy Saturday, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated Vespers with the reading of 15 parimias, and the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great, at the Dormition Cathedral in London.
Paschal Message of Metropolitan Nestor of Korsun and Western Europe, Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe.
Beloved in the Lord, fellow archpastors and pastors,
brothers and sisters!
Christ is Risen!
The Pascha of Christ is the triumph of Love.
“We have known and believed the love that God hath to us”, Apostle John writes (1 John 4:16). We have believed for good and all, in its entirety, because we got convinced by experience that the Love of God is all-powerful and limitless.
Paschal Message
from Patriarch KIRILL of Moscow and All Russia
to Archpastors, Pastors, Deacons, Monastics
and All Faithful Children of the Russian Orthodox Church
Beloved in the Lord archpastors, all-honourable presbyters and deacons, God-loving monks and nuns, dear brothers and sisters,
I address all of you, Orthodox Christians living in many countries of the world, who are now in churches or praying in your homes, to extend greetings to you on the great feast of Holy Pascha with my heart full of spiritual joy, and to proclaim victoriously in accord with the ancient tradition:
CHRIST IS RISEN!
On the evening of April 14, 2023, on the eve of Holy Saturday, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated Matins with the rite of burial of our Lord Jesus Christ at the Dormition Cathedral in London.
On the afternoon of April 14, 2023, on Great Friday - the day dedicated to the remembrance of the Holy Saving Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated Vespers with the procession of the Shroud of the Savior in the Dormition Cathedral in London.
On the morning of April 14, 2023, on Good Friday, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh served the Royal Hours at the Dormition Cathedral in London.
On the evening of April 13, 2023, on the eve of Friday of Holy Week, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated Great Friday Matins with the reading of the 12 Gospels of the Holy Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, at the Dormition Cathedral in London.
On April 13, 2023, on Great Thursday, the day of the Last Supper, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great at the Dormition Cathedral in London.