Parish News
March 23, 2025 / March 23, 2025 by Антоний
On March 23, 2025, on the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross during Great Lent, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the parish of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the city of Nha Trang in Vietnam. After the service, those gathered continued to communicate over tea.
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On March 22, 2025, on Saturday of the third week of Great Lent and the day of the memory of the forty martyrs of Sebaste, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the parish of the Protection of the Mother of God in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The faithful gathered for joint prayer to honor […]
March 20, 2025 / March 20, 2025 by Антоний
Traditional liturgical practice during Lent continues at the Blessed Matrona of Moscow mission center in Davao City (Philippines). On March 18-19, Priest Nikolai Salgado, a cleric of the Church of St. Seraphim of Sarov in Makalangot City (North Kotabato Deanery), and Priest Joachim Gonzales, a cleric of the Church of the Theophany in Talas City […]
March 16, 2025 / March 16, 2025 by Антоний
The Department of Charity and Social Services of the Diocese organized an outreach charity event at the mission in Lawigue, Quezon Province. The head of the department, Priest David Grubbs, and Deacon Luca Tubaba celebrated the Divine Liturgy, after which a charity lunch was offered to all those in need, humanitarian aid was distributed, and […]
2nd Sunday of Great Lent, of St. Gregory Palamas, at the parish of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God in Manila. Divine Liturgy celebrated by Archimandrite Philemon (Castro)
March 15, 2025 / March 15, 2025 by Антоний
On March 15, Saturday of the departed, in Boston (Davao Oriental Province) in the Philippines, Hieromonk John (Gondayao), chairman of the diocesan Department of Religious Education and Catechesis, performed the sacrament of Baptism for six people. They are members of a local family that has been studying Orthodoxy for several years. The believers have long […]
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.
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 […]
