4th Sunday of Great Lent, of St. John Climacus, at the parish of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God in Manila. The Divine Liturgy was celebrated by Priest David Grubbs, co-served by Deacon Luke Tubaba.
Two Filipino students are currently studying at the Moscow Theological Academy. The guys are in the preparatory department, studying Russian, participating in church services and street missions. We are sharing footage from Saturday’s Liturgy in English, in which foreign students from Asian and African countries took part. This time, Filipino Alexander Magat carried out altar […]
On March 23, the 3rd Sunday of Great Lent, the Veneration of the Cross, the secretary of the diocese, Hieromonk Korniliy (Molev), celebrated the Liturgy at the parish of the Apostle Thomas in Kinabalan (Philippines). Before the service, Father Korniliy baptized two local residents. One of the baptized is the mother of a Filipino student, […]
On March 24, with the blessing of Metropolitan Pavel of Manila and Hanoi, Abbot Micah Selyakov and Priest Evgeny Tsukalo, took part in a ceremonial reception on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Russian Federation and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The reception was organized by the […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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)
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 […]
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.
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. […]
