At the training center of St Matrona of Moscow in Davao, the translation and editing of the service book in the Cebuano language is fulfilled with the help of Filipino seminarians from SPBDA. Now local clerics can use their native language more fully at services. Cebuano is the second most widely used language in the Philippines, spoken by almost 30 million people or 30% of the population living on the southern islands of the archipelago, including Mindanao, Bohol and Cebu. In total, there are about a hundred languages in the Philippines (respectively, the same number of tribes-peoples – as in Russia), mainly of the Austronesian group. The official language – Tagalog – is native to more than 40 million people, it is widespread in the northern part of the country, on the island of Luzon, where the capital of the republic is located.
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Victory Day in Cebu
On May 9, the second largest city in the Philippines, Cebu, hosted events to mark the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory. The event was attended by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to the Philippines M.I. Pavlov, Honorary Consul A. Garcia, compatriots and Filipino guests. The Dean of the Manila Deanery of the […]
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Antipascha
Divine Liturgy in the church of Resurrection of Christ in General Santos city on the 2nd Sunday after Easter (Thomas’ Sunday, or Antipascha)
Baptism before Easter
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Great and Holy Week
Prescribed Divine services have been performed at the parishes of the Diocese
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Commemoration of St Patriarch Tikhon
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«With prayer and fast»
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