Transfiguration of our Lord is the climax of His sermon. For the three best disciples no more doubt left Who He Is. For the others He will reveal Himself a bit later, when reviving Lazarus. Since only the chosen can see the uncreated Light, those who have faith and awe. “With the fear of God and faith draw near…”
Every year on this day, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate celebrates the Divine Liturgy in their monastery on the top of Mount Tabor in Israel. And every year, around the time of serving Holy Communion, a miraculous cloud appears all of a sudden (from a crystal clear night usual for Israel summer).

On Saturday, July 25, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated in Nha Trang. 13 people were praying. After the service, a conversation was held with compatriots who came to the service. A desire was expressed to meet again in a month.
On July 26, the Liturgy was celebrated in the parish of St. Xenia of Petersburg in Hanoi. Despite the heat (it was +36 on the street and + 32 in the Church), there were many worshippers. Usually at this time everyone has a vacation, and our compatriots were in Russia. But this year because of problems with Covid19, everyone is here, so services are performed regularly, once every 3 weeks the Divine Liturgy, and on other Sundays – Typica.

On July 23, with the financial support of the Russian Orthodox Church Synodal Department for Charity and Social Service, the parish of St Matrona in Davao city held another campaign to distribute food to two hundred of the poorest families of Barangay 9-a of Davao city. Each food set contained 5 kg of rice, canned food, and noodles. Before the action, the Secretary of the Philippines-Vietnam diocese, hieromonk Cornelius (Molev), spoke briefly about the history of the Orthodox Church, noting that the Filipino people once helped Russian refugees by accepting them on this land, and now the Russian Church is happy to help the Filipino people during the pandemic.
Davao city is under quarantine for the 5th month, many people do not have the opportunity to work all this time and, consequently, do not have the means to survive.

On July 21, the Church celebrates the feast of the Kazan icon of the Mother of God. One of the first parishes in Vietnam is the parish of the Kazan icon of the Mother of God in Vung Tau.
On July 20 and 21, festive services were held here. Usually, the summer holiday was not crowded, but this year our compatriots stayed in Vietnam and were able to participate in the patronal holiday.

On July 12, the day of the pre-eminent Apostles, the Orthodox parish in Salasang celebrated its patronal holiday. By the grace of God, the quarantine in Arakan province has been relaxed and the activities of religious organizations have been allowed. After a long break of more than three months, parishioners were able to participate in the divine Liturgy, which was served by hieromonk Cornelius (Molev), priest Moses Kahilig, deacon Ambrose Sumagaysay and deacon Nicholas Salgado.
Through the prayers of the Holy apostles, their feast, which coincided with Sunday, also became the feast of the Resurrection of the spiritual life of the temple.