Metropolitan Pavel of Manila and Hanoi expressed gratitude to the head of the Orthodox Missionary School at the Synodal Missionary Department, Archpriest Igor Fomin: “I express my gratitude to you for the many years of assistance from the teachers and students of the Orthodox Missionary School to the needs of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese. I would like to express special gratitude by name to Alexander Korshikov, Konstantin Gorditsa, Alexey Bychkov, Ksenia Korobkova and Varvara Maslova. With the help of teachers and students of the School, funds are successfully raised for the construction of churches and the purchase of church utensils, educational and apologetic materials are translated and developed. Students of the School have repeatedly met and provided full support to Filipino proteges and seminarians arriving in Russia. I hope for our further fruitful cooperation in the field of Christ!I wish you God’s help in your church service!”
