With the blessing of Metropolitan Pavel of Khanty-Mansiysk and Surgut, Administrator of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese, and at the invitation of Priest Evgeny Chebykin, Rector of the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow” in Langepas, Hieromonk Korniliy (Molev), Secretary of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese, visited the city. On October 9, 2024, on the day of the commemoration of the Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian and St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Hieromonk Korniliy and Priest Evgeny celebrated the Divine Liturgy.

In 2019, when the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese was formed, Father Evgeny, as one of the most educated priests of the Khanty-Mansiysk Diocese, visited the Philippines to train newly ordained priests. This time, Hieromonk Korniliy had the opportunity to visit Priest Evgeny’s parish in return.The Liturgy was celebrated in Slavonic, English, and Cebuano. At the end of the service, Hieromonk Korniliy thanked those present for their joint prayer. He especially noted the singing of the choir under the direction of Mother Nadezhda Chebykina. Then he gave a sermon in which he noted that thanks to the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles brothers Cyril and Methodius, we, living in different parts of the country and being far from each other, speak the same language. In the Philippines and in many other countries, there are many dialects, and people often do not understand each other. After the service, Father Korniliy visited the Museum and Exhibition Center, where he became acquainted with the culture of the Khanty people and noted the similarities in the behavior of local small peoples and small nationalities of the Philippine Islands. After visiting the museum, at the invitation of Gymnasium No. 6, he held a conversation with senior school students. The children asked questions animatedly, in particular, they were interested in the peculiarities of Orthodox life and the interaction of different cultures in the Philippine Islands. Then the chairman of the trade union organization of TPP Langepasneftegaz, Yevgeny Vitalyevich Rogozin, in agreement with the director of the enterprise, Denis Gafurovich Mukhametov, gave Father Korniliy a tour, during which he showed the first spring of the oil field in the city of Langepas. The priest became familiar with the principle of oil production with great interest, since he has an engineering and physics education. That same evening, Hieromonk Korniliy held a meeting at a Sunday school for adults, where he told the audience about the Orthodox mission in the Philippines.

On October 9, the Secretary of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese, Hieromonk Korniliy (Molev), visited the Nizhnevartovsk District of the Khanty-Mansiysk Okrug – Yugra and held a meeting with teachers and senior pupils of secondary schools in the urban settlement of Izluchinsk. The topic of the meeting was “The Mission of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Countries of Southeast Asia and its Creative Role in International Relations in the Realities of Modern Asian Culture and Political Situation.” More than 90 teachers and students attended the meeting. After the meeting, journalists from the Nizhnevartovsk District television talked to the missionary priest. A video story about the visit to the famous Siberian municipality will be aired on a local TV channel.

On October 8, the feast of St. Sergius of Radonezh, the secretary of the Philippine-Vietnamese diocese, Hieromonk Korniliy (Molev), took part in the consecration and installation of the dome of a temporary church in honor of St. Sergius of Radonezh in the city of Nizhnevartovsk, Khanty-Mansiysk Diocese.

On October 7, the Secretary of the Philippine-Vietnamese diocese, Orthodox missionary Hieromonk Korniliy (Molev) met with students of the Humanities Department of Nizhnevartovsk State University. The priest spoke about the peculiarities of the worldview and cultural traditions of the population of Southeast Asia, as well as the basic principles of the organization and activities of the mission of the Russian Orthodox Church in this region. The professors of the University spoke about existing scientific university projects on the history of the church in Siberia, and presented the latest published monographs and books as souvenirs of the visit to the first higher educational institution of Yugra.

On October 7, the Secretary of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese, Hieromonk Korniliy (Molev), visited the Nizhnevartovsk Orthodox Gymnasium in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. Hieromonk Korniliy led the gymnasium prayer service before the start of the school day. At the end of the prayer service, he addressed the students with a word of edification. Also, the gymnasium hosted a lecture by Hieromonk Korniliy on the topic: “Orthodoxy in the Philippines: History and Modernity.” After meeting with the students, the director of the gymnasium, Priest Konstantin Glukharev, conducted a tour of the gymnasium.

October 6, the secretary of the Philippine-Vietnamese diocese Hieromonk Korniliy Molev took part in the Sunday Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Nativity of Christ of the Hanty-Mansy diocese. At the end of the service he delivered a sermon on the statutory Gospel reading. After the service, Fr. Korniliy met with parishioners of the Church, sharing features of the life and ministry of Orthodox missionaries in the countries of Southeast Asia.

On October 2, students of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Southeast Asia from the Philippines, Tatiana Villaluz and Alexandra Laurente, arrived in Russia.The girls are heading to the Yugra State University to study Russian language first. Upon completion of the one-year course, they plan to enroll in the choir department of one of the theological schools in Russia. Previously, they were trained in Orthodox parishes in the Philippines. At Sheremetyevo Airport, they were met by the secretary of the Philippine-Vietnamese diocese, a graduate and teacher of the School of Orthodox Missionary (SOM), Hieromonk Korniliy (Molev).The next day, the students were accompanied by a graduate of the SOM, K.A. Korobkova. The girls visited the Church of St. Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow, in Meshchanskaya Sloboda, where they prayed at the Divine Liturgy and learned about church singing in the tradition of the Russian Orthodox Church. After the service, Ksenia Korobkova showed the guests the churches and shrines of the historical center of Russian capital. Then the excursion continued with a visit to the Sretensky Stavropegic Monastery. The guests were met by a third-year student of the Theological Academy, M.A. Metelkin, who told them about the history of the monastery and the theological school. That evening, the students left for Khanty-Mansiysk, accompanied by Hieromonk Korniliy (Molev). In Ugra, they were met by Metropolitan Pavel of Khanty-Mansiysk and Surgut, Administrator of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese. The Bishop gave the Filipinos some advice, wishing them successful studies and God’s help in their work for the good of the Church and their people.