Parish News
December 22, 2025 / December 23, 2025 by Антоний
On December 21, the 28th Sunday after Pentecost, representatives of the Hanoi and Nha Trang Committees on Nationalities and Religions, as well as religious studies teachers, visited the parish of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Nha Trang, Vietnam. The guests attended the Divine Liturgy, celebrated by the parish rector, Abbot Micah (Selyakov). “They watched and […]
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December 22, 2025 / December 22, 2025 by Антоний
On December 21, the 28th Sunday after Pentecost, diocesan secretary Hieromonk Korniliy (Molev) and diocesan cleric Priest Dimitry Cahilig baptized five people at the Blessed Matrona of Moscow Mission Center in Davao, Philippines. Two more were catechumenated. The sacrament of baptism took place in a mountain river on Samal Island. The newly baptized were given […]
December 21, 2025 / December 21, 2025 by Антоний
On December 19, the feast day of St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, the Wonderworker, the St. Nicholas Parish in Manukan (Zamboanga del Norte Province), Philippines, celebrated its patronal feast. Diocesan Secretary Hieromonk Korniliy (Molev) celebrated the Divine Liturgy, assisted by the parish rector, Priest Juventinus Bulaqueña. This parish currently has no church, and […]
December 16, 2025 / December 16, 2025 by Антоний
The Department of Charity and Social Ministry of the Diocese of the Philippines and Vietnam held its second Christmas season program for children. The program was rich and inspiring: from opening prayers to caroling, Christmas stories, children’s performances and contests, games, gifts, a hot lunch, and celebrations that filled our hearts with love… Thank you […]
Archpastoral ministry
December 12, 2025 / December 12, 2025 by Антоний
On December 12, Metropolitan Pavel of Manila and Hanoi met with Igor Garlit Bailen, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Philippines to the Russian Federation. The meeting took place at the Philippine Embassy in Moscow. During the conversation, the parties discussed the presence of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Philippines and […]
December 6, 2025 / December 6, 2025 by Антоний
On Saturday, December 6, Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Mission of St. Seraphim of Sarov in the village of Lawigue (Tayabas, Quezon Province). The service was celebrated by Hieromonk John (Gondayao), a cleric of the Iveron Parish in Manila. Following the Liturgy, staff and volunteers from the Department of Charity and Social Ministry of […]
December 4, 2025 / December 4, 2025 by Антоний
December 1, 2025 / December 1, 2025 by Антоний
On November 30, the 25th Sunday after Pentecost, Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Parish of the Protection of the Mother of God in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Priest Stanislav Rasputin celebrated the service. The chants of the Liturgy were sung in English, Vietnamese, and Church Slavonic.
Divine Liturgy on the 25th Sunday after Pentecost, the day of remembrance of St. Nikon, Abbot of Radonezh, disciple of St. Sergius, in the Church of the Epiphany of the Lord in Talas, Philippines.
November 28, 2025 / November 28, 2025 by Антоний
In November 2025, Typhoon Kalmaegi, which killed over 100 people in the Philippines, struck central Vietnam. The typhoon flooded more than 52,000 homes. Airports in the region were suspended, and flights were canceled or postponed. With the blessing of Metropolitan Pavel of Manila and Hanoi, parishioners of the Orthodox Parish of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker […]
