In the middle of the journey from Easter to Pentecost, we begin to prepare for the feast of the descent of the Holy Spirit into the world. The visible symbol of His life-giving grace is water, the basis of organic life. Christ Himself compared It to living water that quenches thirst forever. Therefore, on this day, water is blessed in Orthodox churches, and the gospel stories of the 4th and 5th weeks after Easter are associated with water sources.
Parish News
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