RECEPTION AND DINNER TO CELEBRATE THE YEAR OF UK RUSSIAN CULTURE

HRH Prince Michael of Kent attended the Reception and Dinner at the Cavalry and Guards Club.  Colonel Christopher MacKenzie-Beevor presided. Archbishop Elisey of Sourouzh gave his Blessing.  The Loyal Toast was proposed by Mr Alexander Volohhonsky and the Toast to the President of the Russian Federation by the Marquess of Reading.  The Speakers were: HE The Russian Ambassador, General Sir David Richards, Princess Selene Obolensky and Mr Vassily Shestakov.  Mr Michael Wynne-Parker proposed the Vote of Thanks.  The event was sponsored by the Commonwealth Sambo Association: President, The Marquess of Reading, Chairman, Michael Wynne-Parker, Director, Andrew Moshanov.  In conjunction with the International Sambo Federation: President, President Vladimir Putin, Chairman Mr Vassily Shestakov, MP, Russian Duma.

Archbishop Elisey,Andrew Moshanov,Michael Wynne-Parker
Archbishop Elisey, Andrew Moshanov, Michael Wynne-Parker

Colonel Christopher MacKenzie-Beevor,Michael Wynne-Parker,Princess Dimitri Lobanov-Rostovsky
Colonel Christopher MacKenzie-Beevor, Michael Wynne-Parker,
Princess Dimitri Lobanov-Rostovsky

The Tenebrae Choir
The Tenebrae Choir

Mr Vassily Shestakov and Michael Wynne-Parker
Mr Vassily Shestakov and Michael Wynne-Parker

Launch of Photographic Album

Launch of Photographic Album – The Photographic History of Orthodoxy In Estonia.  Book Presentation at the Russian Cultural Centre Estonia, 23rd August.  Presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Cornelius, Primate of Tallinn and All Estonia.  The book sponsored by Alex Volohhonsky and Michael Wynne-Parker.  Translation, Russian to English, by Jelena Sahharova, Lybov Vikhareva and Michael Wynne-Parker.  Editor and Producer, Sergei Mannik.

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