« On the 11th Sunday after Pentecost, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy in the Dormition Cathedral in London »

On August 24, 2025, on the 11th Sunday after Pentecost, the afterfeast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Dormition Cathedral in London.

His Grace was assisted by Archpriest Vitaly Polischuk, Dean of the Diocesan District of South-East England, Archpriest Dimitry Nedostupenko, Secretary of the Diocese of Sourozh, Archpriest James Coles (Antiochian Patriarchate, USA), Priest Vasily Gandzyuk, Priest Alexander Kapustin, Protodeacon Vadim Santsevtich and Protodeacon Ioann Sylnik.

The liturgical chants were performed by the choir of the Dormition Cathedral under the direction of Dmitry Tugarinov.

Before the beginning of the Liturgy, a reliquary with great Christian relics (a particle of the Life-giving Cross of the Lord, the belt of the Most Holy Theotokos and particles of the holy relics of the chosen saints of God) was brought out from the altar to the center of the church.

After the fervent litany, Bishop Matthew proclaimed a prayer for the granting of peace.

At the end of the service, Bishop Matthew performed a glorification of the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord and addressed the parishioners with words of sermon and spiritual edification. Simultaneous translation into English was provided by Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch.

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