On November 26, the Diocesan Assembly of the Clergy of the Diocese of the Philippines and Vietnam was held at the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in the Municipality of Arakan, Cotabato Province, Philippines, under the chairmanship of Metropolitan Pavel of Manila and Hanoi, Administrator of the Diocese.
During the assembly, reports were presented by the diocesan deaneries and the heads of the education, youth, information, and missionary departments, and plans for diocesan events and construction work for 2026 were approved.
Metropolitan Pavel delivered a report summarizing the diocese’s work for 2025.







