Bishop Elisey of Sourozh visit to Scotland
Monday, October 6, 2008 ;)
Bishop Elissey of Sourozh third visit to St. Kentigern parish. This time the programme of his visit was much broader than before: Vladyka visited not only Glasgow, but also Edinburgh, where he met with the Council General of Russian Consulate and discussed problems, experienced by Russian Orthodox community in Scotland.
Vladyka’s visit happened to fall on the leave-taking of the Great Feast of Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The arrived clergy were in rather unusual for our parish purple clerical robes, which is a requirement by the church statute. Unfortunately, the parish cannot yet afford to buy the full set of clerical robes, but this may be the matter for the future. During his trip Bishop Elissey was accompanied by archpriest Michael Dudko and protodeacon Dmitry Nedostupenko.