CHRISTMAS MESSAGE by Patriarch KIRILL of Moscow and All Russia

Christmas Messageby Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to the Archpastors, Pastors, Deacons, Monks and Nuns and All the Faithful Children of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Christmas Messageby Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to the Archpastors, Pastors, Deacons, Monks and Nuns and All the Faithful Children of the Russian Orthodox Church.
On January 5, 2020, 29th Sunday after Pentecost, before Nativity of Christ, memory of the Holy Fathers, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London.
December 27th is a special day in the life of the Sezenovo monastery which is based in the North of Lipetsk District. This is the feast of its main shrine - relics of Monk John, Hermit of Sezenovo, who rests in the Holy Trinity Church. In 2019, the 180th anniversary of the repose of the Saint was celebrated.
On December 26, 2019, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, took part in the meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, which was chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at the Patriarchal and Synodal Residence at the Danilov Monastery in Moscow.
On December 25, 2019, a joint meeting of the Holy Synod and the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, in which Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporarily Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, took part, began under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia in the Red Hall of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.
On December 22, 2019, on the 27th Sunday after Pentecost, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh paid an archpastoral visit to the city of Oxford and celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
On December 17-19, 2019, with the blessing of His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, a group of pilgrims from the UK, headed by Priest Dimitry Nedostupenko, Secretary of the Sourozh Diocese, visited the Italian city of Bari.
On December 19, following Divine Liturgy in St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, led the last meeting for 2019 of the Bishop's Council of the Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA.
On Wednesday evening, December 18, the eve of the feast of the Holy Wonderworker Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra and Lycia, the interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh served the All-night Vigil in St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York City.
On December 16, 2019, on the eve of the memory day of the Holy Great Martyr Barbara, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of Patriarchal parishes in the USA and Canada, served all-night vigil at St. Barbara Cathedral of Edmonton.
On December 16, 2019, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh served panikhida for the newly-departed Ivan Vasilievich Margitich, long-serving Choirmaster of St. Barbara Cathedral in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
On December 15, 2019, on the 26th Sunday after Pentecost, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Edmonton’s St. Barbara Cathedral, Alberta, Canada.
On December 14, 2019, on the eve of 26th Sunday after Pentecost, all-night vigil was jointly served at St. Barbara Cathedral of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The service was headed by Archbishop Irenee of Ottawa and Canada (Orthodox Church of America) and Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal parishes in the United States and Canada.
On December 14, 2019, after the Divine Liturgy, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, visited the Church of St. John the Baptist in the city of Vegreville, Alberta, Canada.
On December 14, 2019, on the day of remembrance of the God's Prophet Nahum, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal parishes in the USA and Canada, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the church of the Holy Apostle James, brother of the Lord, near the city of Mundare, Alberta, Canada.
On December 13, 2019, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, took part in the celebration of the patronal feast of the Cathedral in honour of St. German of Alaska, American Orthodox Church, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
On December 12, 2019, during his official visit to Canada, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, arrived to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
On December 11, 2019, during his official visit to Canada, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporarily Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, visited the York cemetery in Toronto.
On December 8, 2019, on the 25th Sunday after Pentecost, Leavetaking of the feast of the Entrance into the Temple of the Most Holy Mother of God, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London.