Archpastoral ministry
December 27, 2021 / December 27, 2021 by Антоний
Today, His Eminence Metropolitan Pavel of Manila and Hanoi met with deacons Nicholas Salgado and Ambrose Sumagaysay, who arrived from the Philippines, at the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. After prayers at the relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh, the Bishop said a parting word to the guests of Russia. After the meeting, the deacons headed to the […]
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Parish News
December 26, 2021 / December 26, 2021 by Антоний
December 25 – Christmas in the new calendar is the official and main holiday in the Philippines. In a country where 80% of the population are Roman Catholics, this day is preceded by long holidays so that believers have the opportunity to visit churches where special fore-festal services are held for 9 days. In our […]
December 25, 2021 / December 25, 2021 by Антоний
Filipino deacons Nicolas Salgado and Ambrose Sumagaysay arrived in Moscow. After the cultural program, the fathers will go to Khanty-Mansiysk to see His Eminence Pavel, the ruling bishop of the Philippine-Vietnamese diocese, for ordination to the priesthood. We thank the Orthodox Missionary School at the Synodal Missionary Department for a warm meeting in the literal […]
December 24, 2021 / December 24, 2021 by Антоний
On the feast of St Joasaph of Belgorod, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated for the first time after a long break caused by the pandemic in the village of Kapehan (Santa Maria). St. Joasaph is the patron saint of missionaries whose completely incorruptible relics rest in Belgorod, where the Missionary Seminary of the Russian Orthodox […]
December 22, 2021 / December 22, 2021 by Антоний
At the training center of St Matrona of Moscow in Davao, the translation and editing of the service book in the Cebuano language is fulfilled with the help of Filipino seminarians from SPBDA. Now local clerics can use their native language more fully at services. Cebuano is the second most widely used language in the […]
December 19, 2021 / December 19, 2021 by Антоний
Today, the Divine Liturgy was held at the Russian Center for Science and Culture in Hanoi – the first one after six months of restrictions related to coronavirus infection. The day before, Priest Yevgeny Tsukalo met with the new Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Vietnam Gennady Stepanovich Bezdetko, who arrived in Hanoi in the […]
In Kiamba (Kayupo, Sarangani) in the parish of St. Nicholas, the patronal feast was celebrated today. The Divine Liturgy was served by Priest Roman Buniel and Deacon Matthew Sale.
Many years to Deacon Nikolas Salgado, Nikolas Canopen and Nikolas Balingit! These days we are praying for victims of super typhoon Odette. The wind with gusts up to 315 km/h devastated the island of Siargao – the second most popular among tourists; destroyed most of the islands of Bohol, Cebu, Palawan, etc. Thousands of missing, […]
December 18, 2021 / December 19, 2021 by Антоний
An iconostasis has been installed in the Church of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos in the village of Banate. With the help of our Orthodox brothers from Kinabalan, under the guidance of Fr. Joachim Gonzalez, we completed two days of work on the constructions. In preparation for the upcoming holidays, parishioners have renovated […]
December 16, 2021 / December 16, 2021 by Антоний
The Department of Charity and Social Ministry of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese and the FMI Foundation organized a Christmas outreach in Tagaytay. Employees of 14 municipal institutions were given gifts, those who care about us and protect us: firefighters, rescuers, police officers, employees of local authorities, the Volcano Service, the National Bureau of Investigation and others. […]