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On April 9, 2026, on Great Thursday, the day of the Commemoration of the Last Supper, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

His Grace was assisted by Archpriest Maxim Nikolsky, Dean of the Diocesan District of South East England Archpriest Vitaly Polishchuk, Secretary of the Diocese of Sourozh Archpriest Dimitry Nedostupenko, Archpriest Nikita Kozlov, Priest Vasily Gandzyuk, Priest Alexander Kapustin, Priest Sergiy Sokolovsky, Priest Nektariy Baska, Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch, Deacon Viktor Nikiforov, and Deacon Nikolai Makarov.

The liturgical hymns were performed by the Dormition Cathedral Choir under the direction of Dmitry Tugarinov.

At the conclusion of the Liturgy, Bishop Matthew addressed the clergy and parishioners with words of sermon and spiritual edification. Priest Alexander Kapustin provided the translation into English.

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