Parish News
March 8, 2025 / March 8, 2025 by Антоний
From Monday to Thursday of the first week of Great Lent, Orthodox believers in the Philippines and Vietnam, together with the entire Church, read the canon of St. Andrew of Crete. Services were held in English, Cebuano, and Church Slavonic.
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March 3, 2025 / March 7, 2025 by Антоний
Lent is beginning — a time of special good deeds. And we finally, with the help of the Christian Book Foundation, opened a collection for the roof of the temple in honor of the Prophet Elijah. The temple is very remarkable — it is located in the mountain village of Magulo near the Matutum volcano. […]
March 3, 2025 / March 3, 2025 by Антоний
On Monday of the first week of Great Lent, in the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in the city of Vung Tau, Vietnam, Great Compline was celebrated with the reading of the Great Penitential Canon of St. Andrew of Crete.
On Cheesefare Sunday, the remembrance of Adam’s cast out from Paradise, Forgiveness Sunday, the Divine Liturgy and Vespers with the Rite of Forgiveness were celebrated at the parish of Saint Blessed Xenia of Petersburg in Hanoi, Vietnam. After the service, the rector of the parish, Abbot Micah (Selyakov), and parishioners discussed important components of the […]
February 26, 2025 / February 26, 2025 by Антоний
Six people were baptized at St. Nicholas Parish in Manukan (Philippines) On February 26, at the parish of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Manukan (Zamboanga del Norte Province, Davao Deanery), the rector of the parish, Priest Juventinus Bulakwenya, and Hieromonk John (Gondayao) baptized six people. This was the first sacrament of Baptism that Father Juventinus […]
February 24, 2025 / February 24, 2025 by Антоний
Newly ordained deacon is sent to new place of service in Tagaytay City (Philippines) With the blessing of Metropolitan Pavel of Manila and Hanoi, Administrator of the Philippines-Vietnamese Diocese, newly ordained Deacon Luke Tababa was sent to a new place of service in the Philippines — Christ the Savior Parish in Tagaytay City. On February […]
Archpastoral ministry
February 18, 2025 / February 18, 2025 by Антоний
Students of the Moscow Theological Academy from the Philippines spoke at a meeting at Moscow State University dedicated to Philippine culture On February 17, Filipino students of the Moscow Theological Academy were invited to a meeting at the Institute of Asian and African Countries of Moscow State University. At the Department of Philology of Southeast […]
February 17, 2025 / February 18, 2025 by Антоний
On February 17, 2025, in Hanoi, in the assembly hall of the Russian Embassy in Vietnam, a meeting was held between teachers and students of the embassy school and the rector of the parish in honor of Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg of the Russian Orthodox Church, Hegumen Micah. The topic of the meeting was […]
February 16, 2025 / February 16, 2025 by Антоний
Foreign students of the Moscow Theological Academy take part in services at the Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius. For the first time, liturgical texts were read in one of the Philippine languages within the walls of the MDA. On the day of remembrance of the three ecumenical teachers and saints, our student Alexander Magat […]
