Friday
Mar262010
Welcome to the Redesigned Diocesan Website!
26-03-2010 
With the blessing of Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh the diocesan website was renovated to make it more colourful, interesting and user-friendly.
26-03-2010 Saturday
Mar202010
The Diocesan Assembly presented the Statutes of the Diocese of Sourozh
20-03-2010 
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.
Sunday
Mar142010
Archbishop Elisey presided at the Liturgy on the Patronal Festival of the Parish of Saint David of Wales in Derby
14-03-2010 
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.
Saturday
Mar132010
First Divine Liturgy in Southampton
13-03-2010 
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.
Thursday
Mar112010
Archbishop of Canterbury was decorated with Russian Order of Friendship
11-03-2010 
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.
Sunday
Mar072010
Archbishop Elisey of Sourozh took part in a regular session of the Holy Synod
07-03-2010 
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.
Sunday
Feb212010
The traditional Pan-Orthodox Vespers was celebrated in London
21-02-2010 
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.
Tuesday
Feb022010
Bishop Elisey of Sourozh was elevated to the rank of Archbishop
02-02-2010 
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.
Saturday
Dec262009
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE of Bishop Elisey of Sourozh
26-12-2009 ;)
to the Pastors and all Faithful Children of the Diocese of Sourozh of the Russian Orthodox Church
Thursday
Nov262009
Bishop Elisey celebrates the third anniversary of consecration
26-11-2009 
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.
Wednesday
Nov252009
Bishop Elisey visited the Holy Land with diocesan pilgrimage
25-11-2009 
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.
Saturday
Nov142009
Hierarch of Russian Orthodox Church Abroad visits Cathedral of the Sourozh Diocese
14-11-2009 
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 14th 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.
Saturday
Nov142009
Archpriest Mikhael Dudko is re-elected onto the Coordinating Committee of Russian Compatriots.
14-11-2009 
On the 14th of November the 3rd 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.
Sunday
Nov082009
Archpastoral visit to the city of Truro
08-11-2009 
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.
Saturday
Nov072009
Pastoral visit to the city of Hull
07-11-2009 ;)
With the blessing of Bishop Elisey of Sourozh , Fr Maxim Mitrofanov, priest of the London Dormition Cathedral made a pastoral visit to Kingston-upon-Hull, West Yorkshire.
The Russian Orthodox community in Hull numbers several hundred people from Russia and East-European countries, as well as English people who have become Orthodox.
Sunday
Nov012009
Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk visits the Diocesan Cathedral in London
01-11-2009 
On Sunday, the 1st of November, Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the Chairman of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, who came to London to participate in a conference, visited the Cathedral of the Diocese of Sourozh.
Saturday
Oct312009
Bishop Elisey visits Tunbridge Wells in Kent
31-10-2009 
Bishop Elisey of Sourozh visited the Eucharistic Community of St. Luke in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, on the 31st of October, the patronal feast day of the community.
During the celebration of the Divine Liturgy, His Grace was assisted by the parish priest Father David Smith and Protodeacon Dmitry Nedostupenko of the Diocesan Cathedral in London.
Sunday
Oct252009
Bishop Elisey visits Swindon
25-10-2009 
On the 25th of October Bishop Elisey of Sourozh made an archpastoral visit to the Eucharistic Community of Ss Peter and Paul in Swindon.
Saturday
Sep122009
Extraordinary meeting of the Diocesan Assembly
12-09-2009 
On Saturday ,12th of September, an extraordinary meeting of the Diocesan Assembly took place in the Cathedral of Dormition and All Saints.
Saturday
Sep122009
New school year begins at the parochial children’s school of the Cathedral
12-09-2009 
A new school year of the parochial children’s school of the London Cathedral of the Dormition of Mother of God and All Saints began on the 12th of September, which is the remembrance day of the Right-believing Prince, Saint Alexander Nevsky.