Parish News
April 6, 2022 / April 6, 2022 by Антоний
On the fifth week of the Lent the service of the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete is celebrated. This is the longest canon including the reading of the life of St. Mary of Egypt followed by the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, and it can be called the culmination of the Lenten feats. […]
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April 5, 2022 / April 5, 2022 by Антоний
At this difficult time, the work of the Charity and Social Service Department of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese continues, in particular, regular humanitarian aid visits to Laguna Province. We thank the sponsors of the FMI Charitable Foundation, its director, the head of the Department for Charity and Social Ministry of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese, Priest David Grubbs, […]
March 25, 2022 / March 25, 2022 by Антоний
At the training center of St. Matrona of Moscow a seminar on Lenten services was held. This time, Priest Moses Kahilig and Priest Joachim Gonzalez, together with their Matushkas, took part in it. The fathers served the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts under the guidance of Hieromonk Cornelius (Molev), and their Matushkas learned Lenten Hymns. […]
March 13, 2022 / March 13, 2022 by Антоний
On the 1st Sunday of Lent in the parishes of Tagaytay and Manila.
Archpastoral ministry
March 6, 2022 / March 6, 2022 by Антоний
Venerable fathers, God-loving monks and nuns, dear brothers and sisters! On March 7, by the Grace of God, we are entering the great feat of fasting – a special time favorable for spiritual improvement. The Lent is, first of all, a period of special fervent prayer to God. At this time, which we are experiencing […]
February 27, 2022 / February 27, 2022 by Антоний
The first baptism of 3 babies was officiated by the newly ordained priest Ambrose Sumagaysay in Meocan river (Little Baguio, Cotabato). Priest Moses Cahilig assisted.
February 25, 2022 / February 25, 2022 by Антоний
To the hierarchs, clergy, monastics, and faithful of the Russian Orthodox Church Your Beatitude! Your Eminences and Graces! Dear fathers, brothers, and sisters! I take the suffering of people caused by the events taking place with deep and heartfelt pain.As the Patriarch of All Russia and the primate of a Church whose flock is located […]
One of the four holidays of the year in honor of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, February 25, coincides with the national holiday – Day of the EDSA Revolution (1986), so on this day many parishioners have the opportunity to visit the temple. In addition, according to tradition, the Iveron parish on […]
February 21, 2022 / February 21, 2022 by Антоний
The first wedding ceremony according to the Russian Orthodox rite in the first Orthodox church in the Philippines in Siniloan was performed on Sunday, February 20 by the dean of the Manila Deanery, Hieromonk Alexei Lapshin and the rector of the Parish of the Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord, Archimandrite Philemon Castro. Congratulations […]
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia blessed the establishment of the diocesan Medal of Merit and the Episcopal Diploma of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Southeast Asia of the Russian Orthodox Church. Medal of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Southeast Asia of the Russian Orthodox Church […]