At the mission center in Davao, Philippines, clergy practiced Lenten services.
As is the annual tradition during Lent, the Blessed Matrona of Moscow Mission Center in Davao, Philippines, is holding a liturgical practice for diocesan clergy.
On March 11, Wednesday of the third week of Lent, Priest Moses Kahilig, Dean of the North Cotabato Deanery and Rector of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos Parish in Arakan, and Priest Anthony Aranko, Rector of the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Salasang, celebrated Vespers, Hours, and the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts. Matins had been celebrated the previous evening. During the internship, led by diocesan secretary Hieromonk Korniliy (Molev), the clergy deepened their knowledge of the Lenten rites.
The day before, copies of the service book with the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts in the new Cebuano language were printed.
