On October 27-28, 2024, on the 18th Sunday after Pentecost, services were held in the Assumption Church of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy in English, during which foreign students studying at the Theological School prayed. The services were attended by all foreign students from different countries, including from Indonesia and the Philippines, who were sent to study by the Patriarchal Exarch of Southeast Asia. The all-night vigil and Divine Liturgy were celebrated by Archimandrite Zachariah (Mulingua), who came to study in Russia from Tanzania. The choir of foreign students was led by a student of the preparatory department of the Faculty of Church Arts, a native of Indonesia, Pavla Runkat. The singers performed most of the chants in English; some hymns were sung in Church Slavonic. Divine services in foreign languages at the St. Petersburg Theological Academy are planned to be held regularly, at least once a month.
