Liturgy in Cebu

August 16, 2026 / August 16, 2026 by Иером. Алексий

Divine Liturgy on the 11th Sunday after Pentecost, memory of the Venerables Isaac, Dalmatus, and Faustus, at the Parish of the Holy Spirit in Cebu City. The Sunday service was held in anticipation of the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. The service for the feast itself is scheduled for Panglao Island, so after the Liturgy, the fruits of the new harvest were blessed. Some parishioners tried the king of fruits, the Dorian, for the first time (although it grows in the Philippines, not everyone can afford it).

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