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On March 24, 2024, on the 1st Sunday of Great Lent, the Triumph of Orthodoxy, His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh celebrated the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great and the rite of the Triumph of Orthodoxy at the Dormition Cathedral in London.

His Grace was assisted by Dean of the diocesan district of South-East England, Archpriest Vitaly Polishchuk,  Secretary of the Sourozh diocese, Archpriest Dimitry Nedostupenko, clergy of the UOC temporarily staying on the territory of the Sourozh diocese, Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch and Deacon Ioan Sîlnic.

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

Before the start of the Liturgy, an ark with great Christian shrines (a particle of the Life-giving Cross of the Lord, the belt of the Most Holy Theotokos and particles of the holy relics of God's chosen saints) was carried from the altar to the middle of the church

At the augmented litany, special petition was offered, and His Grace Vladyka read a prayer for the health of the victims of the terrorist attack on March 22 at Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk.

At the funeral litany, petitions were offered “for the repose of the newly departed servants of God, innocently killed in a terrorist attack in Krasnogorsk, and for the remission of their sins, both voluntary and involuntary.”

In the altar of the Cathedral, the Archpastor honored Matthew Kuznetsov with the right to wear a cassock in consideration of his hard work for the church.

 After the Liturgy, the rite of the Triumph of Orthodoxy was celebrated.

In conclusion, the His Grace Bishop Matthew addressed those present with words of sermon and spiritual edification.  Translation into English was carried out by Protodeacon Vadim Santsevitch.

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