On March 1, 2024, Metropolitan Pavel of Manila and Hanoi, Governor of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese, met with the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Vietnam, G.S. Bezdetko. The meeting was attended by: Secretary of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese Hieromonk Cornelius (Molev), dean of the Vietnamese deanery Priest Eugene Tsukalo, President of the Literary Foundation “The Road of Life” Dmitry Mizgulin. During the meeting, the parties discussed various issues of cooperation between the Russian diplomatic mission and the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese.

On March 1, 2024, Metropolitan Pavel of Manila and Hanoi, the administrator of the Philippine—Vietnamese Diocese, met with the leadership of the Committee on Religious Affairs under the Government of the Republic of Vietnam. On the Vietnamese side, the meeting was attended by: Deputy Head of the Committee Nguyen Anh Tic, Head of the Department of Faiths and Other Religions Chan Thi Minh Thu, Deputy Head of the Personnel and International Relations Department of Ngo Thi Xuan Lan. The Russian Federation was represented by E.N. Bakeeva, Counselor-Envoy of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Vietnam, K.V. Lunev, Counselor of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Vietnam, Hieromonk Cornelius (Molev), Secretary of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese, and Priest Evgeny Tsukalo, dean of the Vietnamese Deanery. Mr. Nguyen Anh Thik warmly thanked Bishop Pavel for the opportunity to take part in an important meeting, noting that in the Republic of Vietnam there is freedom of religion, 95% of citizens profess some kind of faith, they are allowed to pray and perform religious rites. Metropolitan Pavel spoke about the history and development of the Orthodox Church in Russia, focusing on the fact that there are many communities of Russian citizens in the Republic of Vietnam, mainly in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Nha Trang and Vung Tau, who need spiritual care. The participants of the meeting discussed the issues of the registration process of Orthodox communities in accordance with the legislation of the Republic. They also discussed the construction of a temple in Vung Tau, Vietnam.

On February 28, 2024, Metropolitan Pavel of Manila and Hanoi, the administrator of the Philippine—Vietnamese Diocese, held a parish meeting in the city of Nha Trang in the Republic of Vietnam. The faithful Russian citizens living in Nha Trang asked the bishop to open an Orthodox parish in the city. During the meeting, the Nha Trang parish was established in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, a parish council consisting of 15 people was elected, and members of the audit commission were also elected. At the end of the parish meeting, Bishop Pavel answered the questions of the parishioners.

On February 27, 2024, Metropolitan Pavel of Manila and Hanoi, the administrator of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese, performed the rite of minor consecration of the house church in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Vung Tau, Vietnam. His Eminence was co-served by Hieromonk Cornelius (Molev), Secretary of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese, Priest Eugene Tsukalo, dean of the Vietnamese Deanery, and Priest John Obrembalsky, cleric of the Balashikha Diocese. At the end of the service, Metropolitan Pavel gave the archpastoral blessing and delivered a sermon: “Dear fathers, brothers and sisters, let me express my gratitude for the common prayer. You and I have now performed a small consecration of our temple of the Queen of Heaven, our Patroness, the Intercessor of the Christian family, and asked Her for intercession and help so that She would not leave us, who are far from our Fatherland, would preserve our Fatherland, grant victory to our army and preserve all of us on our life-saving path. Every Christian, passing through the saving path, living his life, cannot live without temptations and without sin. But the Lord also gave us all the saving means so that every person would have the opportunity to get rid of sins, receive forgiveness, and connect with the Lord God. And today we thank the Lord for His immense mercy to us.The Lord gives us such mercy today that today we have this small temple, cozy, beautiful, where each of you, coming here, connects with God, talking in prayer and uniting in the sacraments. This is the mercy of God, and we thank the Lord for giving us his immense mercy and love. Thank you for your common prayers, for there is no greater glory than to glorify your Heavenly Creator together. May the All-merciful Lord, through the intercession of the Queen of Heaven, not leave this holy place, the abbot, the entire flock that comes here and unites with God. God bless you all!”

The Medal of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco for services to the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese was awarded to Svetlana Shcherbakova.

On February 13-15, 2024, Metropolitan Pavel of Manila and Hanoi, the administrator of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese and a member of the Russian Academy of Engineering, Chairman of the Architectural and Construction Department of the Khanty-Mansiysk Metropolis, Priest Konstantin Memyachkin, visited a temple under construction in Kinabalan province on the island of Mindanao. The architecture of the temple has a pronounced outline of the basilica, the ancient architectural style of Christian churches. The temple is built on a reinforced concrete foundation slab and is a monolithic reinforced concrete frame with columns. The inter-column space is laid with hollow concrete blocks of local production. Construction technologies and materials are due to the special geographical location of the islands, logistical difficulties and a limited market for building materials. Nevertheless, the construction work is progressing successfully and is moving towards completion. In addition to Kinabalan, temples were visited in the cities of Lambayong, Lake Sebu, Polomolok and other settlements. A visual inspection of all the visited temple buildings was carried out and engineering decisions were made on their repair and reconstruction.

On a working trip to the island state of the Philippines, His Eminence was accompanied by the Secretary of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese, Hieromonk Cornelius (Molev), Archpriest Anthony Isakov, dean of the Surgut City Deanery, Archpriest Sergiy Shevchenko, dean of the Nizhnevartovsk city deanery, Priest Konstantin Memyachkin, Chairman of the architectural and construction department of the Khatna—Mansi Metropolia, Hierodeacon Nikodim Perkhovsky, a resident of the Dimitry Rostov Monastery Of the Khanty-Mansiysk Diocese, Director General of the UVIS IC, Vladimir Yurievich Bashkov. It should be noted that in 2023, in accordance with the decision of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Engineering, for his great contribution to church building in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, the development of church building in earthquake-prone areas of the Philippine-Vietnamese diocese: Kinabalan, Davao and others, Metropolitan Pavel was awarded the Gold Medal of the Russian Engineering Academy.

On February 27, 2024, Metropolitan Pavel of Manila and Hanoi, Administrator of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese, held a working meeting with Oleg Petrovich Saraev, First Deputy General Director of Vietsovpetro Joint Venture in Vung Tau, Republic of Vietnam. Also present at the meeting were: Hieromonk Korniliy (Molev), Secretary of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese, and Priest Eugene Tsukalo, dean of the Vietnamese Deanery. During the working meeting, issues of cooperation between the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese and the Vietsovpetro enterprise were discussed.

Vietsovpetro is an oil company, a joint Russian-Vietnamese enterprise. The company’s headquarters are located in the city of Vung Tau. A significant Russian-speaking community of JV employees lives in this city. Vietsovpetro JV specialists have explored six fields on the shelf of the South China Sea: Dragon, Daihung, Wolf, Bawi, Baden and Tamdao. Two fields “White Tiger” and “Dragon” have been equipped, the first oil from the Daihung field has been extracted. Vietsovpetro Joint venture has created the most powerful base in Southeast Asia for the construction and installation of offshore platforms for drilling and production of oil and gas.

On February 27, 2024, Metropolitan Pavel of Manila and Hanoi, the administrator of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese, arrived in the Republic of Vietnam. At Ho Chi Minh City airport, Vladyka was met by the dean of the Vietnamese Deanery, Priest Yevgeny Tsukalo and Consul-Counselor of the Russian Embassy D.A.Repkov.

During the archpastoral visit of the head of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese, meetings with the parishioners of Nha Trang and a prayer service in Vung Tau are planned. On March 2 and 3, Metropolitan Pavel will celebrate Divine Liturgies in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Also in Hanoi, Bishop Pavel plans to meet with the Russian Ambassador to Vietnam and members of the Committee on Religious Affairs of the Republic of Vietnam. On a trip to the Republic of Vietnam, Metropolitan Pavel is accompanied by the Secretary of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese, Hieromonk Korniliy (Molev) and the president of the Literary Foundation “The Road of Life” Dmitry Mizgulin.

On February 26, 2024, Metropolitan Pavel of Manila and Hanoi, Administrator of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese, met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of the Philippines M.I.Pavlov. The meeting was attended by: Secretary of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese Hieromonk Korniliy (Molev), General Director of LLC SK “YUVIS” Vladimir Bashkov, President of the Literary Fund “The Road of Life” Dmitry Mizgulin. During the meeting, the parties discussed various issues of cooperation between the Russian diplomatic Mission and the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese.