… let’s greet our Good Samaritans from the Department of Charity and Social Ministry of our diocese, who never tire of helping all those in need in these difficult times. May the giving hands never be empty as charity covers all sins (see Matthew 25: 34-40)
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Liturgy in Cebu
On the third Sunday after Pentecost, Hieromonk Korniliy (Molev), Secretary of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese, celebrated Divine Liturgy in Cebu City. Following the service, a pastoral conversation with the parishioners followed.
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Day of All Russian Saints
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Day of Russia
A cleric of the Russian Orthodox Church in Vietnam attended a reception to mark Russia Day. On June 12, with the blessing of Metropolitan Paul of Manila and Hanoi, Administrator of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese, Hegumen Mikhey (Selyakov), rector of the Parish of Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg in Hanoi, Vietnam, attended a gala reception to […]
New school year
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