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London Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God and Holy Royal Martyrs Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia Click here for information on the Cathedral039s response to the war in Ukraine Our Cathedral of the Diocese of Great Britain and Western Europe following the Gospel Holy Canons and pastoral tradition of the Church Abroad abhors violence and warfare and explicitly prays and works for the immediate end to the unjust bloodshed taking place in Ukraine the spiritual homeland of all the faithful descendants of St Vladimir the great baptiser of our Church. The Church Abroad as an autonomous Church governed by her Holy Synod in New York is not affiliated with any government or national identity but in the spirit of prerevolutionary Imperial Russian Orthodoxy centred in the diaspora for more than a century and incorporating our Parish which has been in London for more than three centuries calls firmly for the unity of all Orthodox Christians in the Church regardless of nationality or language and for the immediate end to the war currently dividing wounding and killing our many peoples. Since the outset of the war in Ukraine our Diocese has prayed and worked and continues to do so for the immediate end to unjust hostilities warfare and persecutions. Prayers are offered for the cessation of the warfare in Ukraine at every service of our Cathedral and responses to the war have included the organisation of our Cathedral Food Bank for refugees fundraising for refugees arriving in London and for those suffering in Ukraine and at a Diocesan level assistance in relocation and housing of refugees provision of legal and social support the organisation of summer camps for the children of refugee families the pastoral provision of care for clergy and faithful arriving in Europe from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church as well as fundraising for the humanitarian works of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Ukraine itself together with specific parishes and monasteries and for the support of those seeking shelter in the territory of our Diocese.