New Year’s Day at the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Wood Green

On 1 January 2024, commemorating both the Lord’s circumcision and Saint Basil the Great, His Grace Bishop Iakovos of Claudiopolis presided over the feast day Divine Liturgy.

Following the eucharistic synaxis, Bishop Iakovos cut the traditional Vasilopita (cake in memory of St Basil) while sharing words of encouragement and paternal love on the occasion of the commencement of a new year. Archimandrite Lazarus Georgiou, a visiting clergyman from the Metropolis of Limassol in Cyprus, preached the sermon, at the well attended Hierarchical liturgy of St Basil.

Source: Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain