1725: House Church located at York Buildings, near Charing Cross
1756: House Church relocated to Clifford Street, near Piccadilly
1769-1780: Archpriest Andrei Samborsky, Rector of the Embassy Chapel
1780-1840: Priest James Smirnove, Rector of the Embassy Chapel
1813: House church relocated to Welbeck Street, north of Oxford Street
1842-1875: Archpriest Eugene Popoff, Rector of the Embassy Chapel
1866: Purpose-built Russian Orthodox Church (Embassy Chapel) built at 32 Welbeck Street
1877-1923: Archpriest Eugene Smirnoff, Last Rector of the Embassy Chapel; first Rector of the parish
1919: Formation of the parish of the Russian Orthodox Church in Exile
1921: Opening of St Philip’s, Buckingham Palace Road as a Russian Orthodox Church
1922: Closure of Welbeck Street church
1928-1932: Bishop Nicholas Karpoff, Rector of the parish and first Orthodox Bishop of London
1938-1948: Archpriest Michael Polsky, 1938-1948 Rector of the parish
1948-1951: Archimandrite Vitaly Oustinow, Rector of the parish; later Metropolitan of New York & Eastern America and Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad.
1952-1961: Archpriest George Cheremetieff, 1952-1961 Priest of the parish; retired 1961; (Priest of the Convent in London 1967-1971.)
1952-1976: Archbishop Nikodem Nagaieff of Richmond and Great Britain, 1952-1976 Rector of the parish; from 1954 Bishop; from 1964 bishop for the diocese in Great Britain; from 1968 Archbishop.
1953-1962: Saint John the Wonderworker of Shanghai and San Francisco, Archbishop of Brussels and Western Europe (including London and Great Britain); later Archbishop of San Francisco and Western America; glorified in 1994.
1956: Closure and demolition of St Philip’s
1956-1959: services conducted at the Bishop’s residence (Chapel of All Saints) in Baron’s Court, London W6
1959: Opening of the Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church in Exile at Emperor’s Gate, London SW7
1981-1986: Bishop Constantine Jessensky of Richmond and Great Britain, Rector of the parish; Diocesan bishop for London and Great Britain.
1986-now: Archbishop Mark Arndt of Berlin, Germany and Great Britain, Rector of the parish; Diocesan bishop for London and Great Britain.
1989: Closure of the Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church in Exile at Emperor’s Gate, London SW7
1990: Purchase of house and land at Harvard Road, London, W4
1989-1994: services conducted at the Bishop’s residence (Chapel of All Saints) in Baron’s Court, London W6
1994: Opening of temporary church of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad at Harvard Road, London W4
1997: Laying of foundation stone of the new Cathedral
1999: Opening of the new Cathedral of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God and Holy Royal Martyrs at Harvard Road, London W4
2003: Lesser consecration of the lower church (Holy Royal Martyrs)
2005: Full consecration of the lower church (Holy Royal Martyrs)
2009: Installation of new iconostasis in the upper church (Dormition)
2010-now: Archpriest Vladimir Vilgerts, Deputy Rector of the parish
2013: Completion of the belfry over the west porch