On September 1, 2023, at the parish of Christ the Savior in Tagaytay, a quarterly meeting of the Department for Charity and Social Service of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese was held. The meeting was attended by: the rector of the church, Priest David Grubbs, employees and volunteers of the Department for Charity and Social Service of the diocese; charitable, social and non-profit organizations that help the department’s employees to provide social support to the most vulnerable segments of the population (poor families, single mothers and children). Within the framework of this cooperation, trainings on child protection and family well-being were previously held, and issues of social protection of the population in the Philippines were also considered. The results of cooperation in the third quarter were summed up. One of the important activities of the department can be distinguished: • Weekly feeding program of the Sisterhood of Mercy in the cities: General Santos, Alabel, Kiamba, Santa Maria, Banate, Kinabalan and Arakan; Teaching children the basics of personal hygiene; Purchase of school supplies for children.
Parish News
The feast of St. Righteous Matrona of Moscow at the parish in Davao in her honor (this year postponed from May 2 due to Holy Week). Throughout the Bright Week, the same Easter services are held in the Church as on the first day of the Feast of Holidays. These […]
On Bright Monday, on the feast of St Great Martyr George, at the parish of St Matrona of Moscow in Davao two people were baptized.
Resurrection of Christ was solemnly celebrated in Vung Tau, Vietnam. Parish of the Kazan icon of the Mother of God
…Grant us more perfectly to partake of Thee! Paschal service in Tagaytay
Pascha is Christ the Redeemer Who opens Paradise for us… This Easter, the Vietnamese Deanery of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese was replenished with another cleric. With the blessing of Metropolitan Pavel of Manila and Hanoi, Hegumen Micah (Selyakov) was appointed rector of the parish in honour of St. Ksenia of St. […]
… angels hymn in the heavens; vouchsafe also us on earth with pure hearts to glorify Thee Patronal feast at Resurrection parish in General Santos
Do Thou exult, O pure Theotokos, in the arising of Him Whom Thou didst bear! Pascha at the parish of the Nativity of The Theotokos in Arakan