Coronavirus update: 09/01/2021

Dear parishioners, we have changed the rules for attending services. For services within the Church, only 40 people can be into the upper church, and only 20 people into the lower church. Distance inside the church 1.5 - 2.0 m. One cannot expect communion outside the Church. On Sundays, you can come after the late service for communion and confession. Those who wish to receive the Holy Communion after the Liturgy must contact Fr. Vitaly 07935700721.

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Welcome to the website of the London Russian Orthodox Church Abroad’s Cathedral of the Nativity Of the Most Holy Mother of God and the Royal Martyrs.

On this site can be found the schedule of services, and contact details of the clergy of the Cathedral.

The services are mainly held in Church Slavonic, (the liturgical language of the Russian Orthodox Church) with some parts in English. A sermon is preached at the Sunday Liturgy in Russian, with a simultaneous translation in English, or in English with a translation into Russian.

Announcements

Church parkingOn days of worship, church parking is open only to clerics, choir, and churchwarden.

Parish children's clubDear parishioners, you can apply for a place in the parish children’s club for your child. Administrator Tatiana Vladimirovna Gimranova accepts …

Appeal for The London Cathedral of the Nativity of the most Holy Mother of God and The Holy MartyrsChrist is Risen! Dear Parishioners, This year, you have not been able to attend church for several weeks. It makes us appreciate normality when we …

A Special Note on the Importance of Receiving the Artos at Home, Especially in the Current YearChrist is risen! This past Saturday, as every Bright Saturday in our Church tradition, the special Paschal bread called the ‘Artos’, was broken at the …

Paschal updateDear parishioners, the Church is still closed for public worship and private prayers. This year you will have to pray at home. We will not consecrate …

News

10.01.2020 - Archpriest Vitaly Serapinas is awarded the Palitsa during the Divine Liturgy of the Nativity On 25th December 2019 / 7th January 2020, the Russian Orthodox World celebrated the Nativity according to the flesh of our Lord and Saviour Jesus …

24.10.2018 - New York: October 18, 2018 - Statement of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. The Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia communicates to the plenitude of her clergy and faithful, and to her fellow …

24.10.2018 - LONDON: September 24, 2018 - A regular session of the Synod of Bishops coincides with the great consecration of a new cathedral in Great Britain. On Thursday, September 20, 2018, His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York chaired a meeting of a regular meeting of the …

29.09.2018 - Consecration (+Photos) On Friday 21/09, on the feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God, the main Altar of our Cathedral was consecrated.

28.08.2017 - Award of a Jeweled Cross to Archpriest Peter Baulk During the festive liturgy on the day of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, His Grace Bishop of Sacrament Irinei awarded Archpriest Peter …

28.08.2017 - Celebration of the Dormition of the Mother of God His Grace, Bishop Irenei, the Administrator of the Diocese of Gt Britain and Ireland served the Vigil Service on Sunday evening 27th August, for the …

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Our Cathedral address is 57 Harvard Road, London, W4 4ED
For all questions you can contact the clergy:

His Grace Irenei, Bishop of London and Western Europe Email:
Archpriest Vitaly Serapinas Tel: +44 (0) 7935 700 721
Archpriest Peter Baulk Retired. Tel: +44 (0) 771 432 4482

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