« On the day of remembrance of the forty Martyrs of Sebaste, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London »

On March 23, 2024, on Saturday of the first week of Great Lent, the day of remembrance of the Holy forty martyrs who suffered in Sebaste Lake (transferred to Saturday, March 10 (23), His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

Concelebrating with His Grace were Archpriest Maxim Nikolsky, Dean of the Diocesan District of South-East England Archpriest Vitaly Polishchuk, Secretary of the Sourozh Diocese Archpriest Dimitry Nedostupenko, Priest Nikita Kozlov and Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch.

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

At the end of the Liturgy, the Archpastor performed the glorification of the feast and addressed those present with words of sermon and spiritual edification.  Simultaneous translation into English was provided by Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch.

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