On Bright Friday, Archbishop Elisey greeted the parish of the Mother of God’s icon «The Life-giving Spring» with the patronal festival

On 9 April, the Fiest of the Mother of God’s icon «The Lifegiving Spring», Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh made an archpastoral visit to Walsingham, Norfolk, where he celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Pan-Orthodox Chapel of the Lifegiving Spring together with Archpriest Phillip Steer, Rector of the parish, and Protodeacon Dimitry Nedostupenko, clergyman of the London Dormition Cathedral.

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On Bright Thursday, Archbishop Elisey made his first archpastoral visit to Kingston-upon-Hull

On Bright Thursday, 8 April, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh made his first archpastoral visit to the emerging community in Kingston-upon-Hull, dedicated to the the Nativity of Christ.

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Paschal Reception took place at the Dormition Cathedral on Bright Monday

On Bright Monday, 5 April, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh celebrated the Paschal Matins together with some of the clergy of the Diocese of Sourozh.

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On Bright Monday Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy in at the Church of All Saints in Portsmouth

On Bright Monday, 5 April, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh made an archpastoral visit to the Parish of Saint Peter and Paul in Portsmouth, Hampshire.

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PASCHAL MESSAGE OF ARCHBISHOP ELISEY OF SOUROZH TO THE PASTORS AND ALL FAITHFUL CHILDREN OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND

 Dearly Beloved in the Lord, 

honourable pastors and God-loving lay people,

dear brothers and sisters!

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Ordination of new priest and deacon took place on the feast of the Entry of our Lord into Jerusalem

On Sunday 28 February, the Feast of the Entry of our Lord into Jerusalem, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh preformed two ordinations during the festive Holy Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral.

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Welcome to the Redesigned Diocesan Website!

With the blessing of Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh the diocesan website was renovated to make it more colourful, interesting and user-friendly.

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The Diocesan Assembly presented the Statutes of the Diocese of Sourozh

On Saturday, 20 March, a meeting of the Assembly of the Diocese of Sourozh took place at the Cathedral of the Donmition in London. At the meeting, a new edition of the Diocesan Statutes was presented.

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Archbishop Elisey presided at the Liturgy on the Patronal Festival of the Parish of Saint David of Wales in Derby

On Sunday, 14 March, feast of Saint David of Wales, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh made an archpastoral visit to the parish of Saint David of Wales in Derby, Derbyshire.

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First Divine Liturgy in Southampton

On Saturday, 13 March, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh celebrated the first Divine Liturgy in Southampton together with Archpriest Vadim Zakrevskiy and Protodeacon Dimitriy Nedostupenko, clergymen of the London Dormition Cathedral.

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Archbishop of Canterbury was decorated with Russian Order of Friendship

On Thursday 11 March, Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowen Williams was decorated with Russian Order of Friendship during the solemn ceremony in the Russian Embassy in London. Yuri Fedotov, Russian Ambassador in the UK, presented the Order to the leader of the Church of England.

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Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh took part in a regular session of the Holy Synod

On Friday 5 March, Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh took part in a regular session of the Holy Synod, held under the presidency of the His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia in the historical building of the Holy Sinod in Saint Petersburg. 

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The traditional Pan-Orthodox Vespers was celebrated in London

The traditional Pan-Orthodox Vespers was celebrated in London on 21 February, on the day of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, in presence of hierarchs, clergy and laity of the Constantinopolitan, Antiochian, Russian, Georgian, Serbian and other Local Orthodox Churches in Great Britain. In accordance with the established sequence, this year Vespers took place in the Serbian Cathedral in London. Ektenias and chants were performed in English, Church Slavonic, Greek and Arabic by choirs from different Orthodox churches of London.

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Bishop Elisey of Sourozh was elevated to the rank of Archbishop

During the Little Entrance of the Divine Liturgy celebrated to mark the first anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at the cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church granted hierarchical awards to several hierarchs of the Moscow Patriarchate.

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CHRISTMAS MESSAGE of Bishop Elisey of Sourozh

to the Pastors and all Faithful Children of the Diocese of Sourozh of the Russian Orthodox Church

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Bishop Elisey celebrates the third anniversary of consecration

On 26th November, the Feast of St John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, his Grace Elisey, Bishop of Sourozh, celebrated the third anniversary of his Episcopal consecration. On this day, three years ago, Vladyka Elisey was consecrated as Bishop of Bogorodsk, Vicar of the Diocese of Korsun by His Holiness Alexy II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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Bishop Elisey visited the Holy Land with diocesan pilgrimage

From 21st to 24th of November, the Head of the Diocese of Sourozh, was visiting the Holy Land with pilgrimage. During the visit Vladyka Elisey celebrated the services together with priest Joseph Skinner, a cleric of the Diocese of Sourozh, and pilgrims from the Great Britain, who had arrived to the Holy Land a few days earlier.

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Hierarch of Russian Orthodox Church Abroad visits Cathedral of the Sourozh Diocese

Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, visited the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God and All Saints in London on the 14^th of November.

Metropolitan Hilarion celebrated the Vigil service, at which he was assisted by Archbishop Mark of Berlin, Germany and Great Britain, Bishop Elisey of Sourozh, Archbishop Anatoly of Kerch and the clergy of the Cathedral.  

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Archpriest Mikhael Dudko is re-elected onto the Coordinating Committee of Russian Compatriots.

On the 14^th of November the 3^rd Forum of Russian-speaking compatriots of Great Britain was held in Overseas House. With the blessing of Bishop Elisey of Sourozh, Archpriest Michael Dudko, sacristan of the Dormition Cathedral in London, participated in the meeting.

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Archpastoral visit to the city of Truro

On the 8th of November Bishop Elisey made an archpastoral visit to the parish of St. Cuthbert in Truro. His Grace celebrated the Divine Liturgy in a small church rented by the local community. St. Cuthbert’s is the most remote parish of the Diocese of Sourozh in South-West England.

During the Service His Grace was assisted by the Rector of the parish, Archpriest Fr Benedict Ramsden, Protodeacon Dmitry Nedostupenko of the Diocesan Cathedral in London and Deacon Peter Willis.

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