Parish News
Feast on the Iveron parish in Manila
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Today, the Iveron parish in Manila celebrated the Patronal feast, moved from October 26. The history of the Iveron icon of the Mother of God is connected with the history of iconoclasm, condemned by the 7th Ecumenical Council, whose memory is also celebrated today. With the Philippines now second in […]
Feast of St Thomas in Kinabalan
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On October 19, the Orthodox community in barangay Kinabalan celebrated the patronal feast of St. Thomas. The Administration of the barangay allowed the holiday to be held with all precautions due to the quarantine. The festive service was led by hieromonk Korniliy (Molev) in concelebration with the priests Joachim Gonzales […]
Feast of Church in Ho Chi Minh
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Today, the community of Ho Chi Minh city celebrates its patronal holiday. Happy Feast of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos!
Patronal Holiday in Kapehan
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October 12 is the feast of uncovering of the relics of St John of Shanghai (1993). In Kapehan (Santa Maria) at the parish of St John of Shanghai a festal Divine service was held. The Liturgy was led by hieromonk Korniliy (Molev), the Secretary of the Philippines-Vietnamese diocese, with participation […]
Nativity of the Mother of God
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Wisdom (Logos) hath built a house for herself… Today, on the Birthday of the Most Holy Virgin, two our parishes in Mindanao celebrate their Patronal Holiday: in Arakan and Santa Maria
Liturgy in Ha Noi
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On September, 13, Divine Liturgy was served at the parish in honor of blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg in Ha Noi. With all the necessary precautions, many Orthodox people attended the service. After the Liturgy, a blessing of water was performed. With the blessing of his Holiness Patriarch Kirill, the […]
Day of knowledge
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On September 1, a festive line-up on the occasion of the Day of knowledge was held in Vung Tau, in the Russian microdistrict. The rector of the parish of the Kazan icon of the Mother of God, priest Yevgeny Tsukalo, was invited to this holiday. In the evening of the […]
Dormition
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The Church year begins with the Nativity of the Mother of God, and ends with Her Dormition. The Gospel story is over, but the history of the Church continues: today at our Dormition parish in Banate (Mindanao) is the patronal feast. Probably, as well as at all others – for […]
Repair works in Makalangot
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Despite the quarantine, repair works are ongoing in the church of St. Seraphim of Sarov in Makalangot (Mindanao). During a series of earthquakes last year, this temple was the closest to the epicenters and was one of the most affected. It was decided to strengthen the load-bearing beams with an […]
Russian Church helps to Filipinos in need
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On August 19, with the support of the Synodal Department for Social service of the Russian Orthodox Church, the parish of st. Matrona of Moscow in Davao organized another round of humanitarian aid in barangay 76A “Bukana”. First of all, the elderly and pregnant women who do not have support […]