On St. Lazarus Saturday, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Bogorodskoye, Moscow

On April 16, 2022, on St.Lazarus Saturday, the day of commemoration of the resurrection by the Lord of the Righteous Lazarus, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Bogorodskoye, Moscow.

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On the 5th Sunday of Great Lent, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Bogorodskoye, Moscow

On April 10, 2022, on the 5th Sunday of Great Lent, the feast day of St. Mary of Egypt, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, celebrated the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great at the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Bogorodskoye, Moscow.

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On the eve of the 5th Sunday of Great Lent, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated an all-night vigil at the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Bogorodskoye, Moscow

On the evening of April 9, 2022, on the eve of the 5th Sunday of Great Lent, the day of remembrance of St. Mary of Egypt, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, celebrated an all-night vigil at the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Bogorodskoye, Moscow.

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On the feast of the Praise of the Most Holy Mother of God, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Bogorodskoye, Moscow

On April 9, 2022, on Saturday of the 5th week of Great Lent, the feast of the Praise of the Most Holy Mother of God (Saturday Akathist), His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Bogorodskoye, Moscow.

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His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh officiated Matins with the reading of an akathist to the Most Holy Mother of God at the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Bogorodskoye, Moscow

On the evening of April 8, 2022, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, celebrated Matins with the Akathist to the Most Holy Mother of God at the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Bogorodskoye, Moscow.

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On the feast of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Mother of God, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Bogorodskoye, Moscow

On April 7, 2022, on the feast of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Mother of God, the day of the repose of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, celebrated Vespers and Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Bogorodskoye, Moscow.

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On the eve of the feast of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Mother of God, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated an all-night vigil at the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Bogorodskoye, Moscow

On April 6, 2022, on the eve of the feast of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Mother of God, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States and Canada, celebrated an all-night vigil at the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Bogorodskoye, Moscow.

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On Tuesday of the 5th week of Great Lent, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts at the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Bogorodskoye, Moscow

On April 5, 2022, on Tuesday of the 5th week of Great Lent, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, celebrated the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts at the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Bogorodskoye, Moscow.

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His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated Matins with the reading of the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete in the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Bogorodskoye, Moscow

On the evening of April 4, 2022, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, officiated Matins with the reading of the Great Penitential Canon of St. Andrew of Crete at the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Bogorodskoye, Moscow.

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On the 4th Sunday of the Great Lent, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Bogorodskoye, Moscow

On April 3, 2022, on the 4th Sunday of the Great Lent, the feast day of St. John of the Ladder, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, celebrated the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great in the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Bogorodskoye, Moscow.

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On the eve of the 4th Sunday of the Great Lent, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the All-Night Vigil at the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Bogorodskoye, Moscow

On April 2, 2022, on the eve of the 4th Sunday of the Great Lent, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the All-Night Vigil at the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Bogorodskoye, Moscow.

His Grace was assisted by Rector Archpriest Damian Kruglik and clergy of the church: priest Mikhail Volkov, priest Andrei Tikhonov and deacon Sergiy Kuznetsov.

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Miraculous Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God was venerated in St. Nicholas church in Oxford

On Tuesday, March 29, by agreement between His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, and Bishop Irenei of London and Western Europe (Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia), the miraculous Kursk-Root Icon of the Holy Mother of God ("The Sign") was brought to the Oxford church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker of the Diocese of Sourozh.

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His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the church of St. Zosima and St. Savvaty of Solovki in Golyanovo, Moscow

On March 27, 2022, on the Sunday of the Cross, with a large gathering of worshipers in the church of St. Zosima and St. Savvaty of Solovki in Golyanovo, Moscow, a solemn hierarchical service was celebrated. Two bishops co-served at the Divine Liturgy: Bishop Panteleimon of Vereya, Vicar of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Administrator of the Eastern Vicariate of Moscow, and Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada.

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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill had a talk with Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby

On March 16, 2022, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia held a video call with Archbishop of Canterbury Justine Welby.

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Address of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill dated March 16, 2022 regarding the events in Ukraine

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia addressed the archpastors, pastors, monastics and all the faithful children of the Russian Orthodox Church in connection with the events in Ukraine.

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Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Oxford was attacked

In the early morning of March 12, 2022, the church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Oxford of the Sourozh diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in Great Britain and Ireland was attacked.

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An annual pilgrimage to the venerated icon of the Three-Hands Icon of the Mother of God took place in Birmingham

On February 26, 2022, with the blessing of His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, a one-day annual pilgrimage to the revered copy of the miraculous icon of the Most Holy Mother of God "Three Hands" took place in the Serbian church of St. Prince Lazar in Birmingham.

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Patriarch Kirill's address to the hierarchs, clergy, monastics, and faithful of the Russian Orthodox Church

On February 24, 2022, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia issued an address to the hierarchs, clergy, monastics, and all faithful of the Russian Orthodox Church

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Pilgrimage to the holy places of Mercia and North Wales

On February 21, 2022, a group of parishioners led by archpriest Stephen Platt, Dean of the Diocesan District of Central England, Rector of St.Nicholas the Wonderworker church in Oxford, began a pilgrimage to the holy places of the undivided Church in Mercia (Central England) and North Wales.

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Archpriest Michael Fortunato reposed in the Lord

On February 19, 2022, at the age of 91, archpriest Michael Fortunato, a supernumerary cleric of the Archdiocese of Western European Parishes of Russian Tradition, reposed in the Lord.

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