The London cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia was the scene of a glorious concelebration on Sunday, May 11, with the Divine Liturgy being celebrated by the hierarchs of the ROCOR Holy Synod and the local Antiochian hierarch.
Based on the investigation results, the State Service will issue an order either confirming the presence of signs of affiliation between the religious organization and the ROC, or noting the absence of such signs.
Hierarchs and clergy of the Bulgarian and Macedonian Orthodox Churches came together on Sunday to celebrate the feast of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, the Enlighteners of the Slavs, “as an expression of Orthodox unity between the fraternal Macedonian and Bulgarian peoples.”
During his trip, Bishop Dimitrios visited four dioceses and several churches and monasteries and met with five different hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church.
On Monday, May 12, Fr. Anthony Savchenko, a cleric of the Pskov Diocese, died at the age of 32.