On September 11, 2020, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to Singapore Joseph del Mar Yap sent a note to the Patriarchal Exarch of South East Asia, Metropolitan of Singapore and South East Asia Sergiy, expressing gratitude of the President of the Republic of the Philippines Rodrigo Roa Duterte for expressing earlier condolences by Metropolitan Sergiy concerning consequences of the natural disaster that befell the Philippines – the devastating typhoon Wongfong, which hit the eastern part of Samar Island in May 2020.The entire eastern part of the island was destroyed by a natural disaster, and the authorities evacuated tens of thousands of local residents
Parish News
Thursday of the Great Canon
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Presanctified Liturgy at the parish of Iveron icon of the Mother of God in Manila on Thursday of the 5th week of Lent. The longest Divine service of this day – “Standing of St Mary of Egypt” – is the culmination of the Lenten prayer feat.
Charity works
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The Department of Charity and Social Ministry of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese, together with the Sisterhood of Mercy in General Santos City, continue the feeding program for low-income families and those in need on the islands of Mindanao and Luzon, in the Republic of the Philippines. The chairman of the department, […]
Baptism in Gensan
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In General Santos (Mindanao) a Sacrament of Baptism was performed by priest Roman Buniel. Taisya, Sofia, Mary and Michael entered the Holy Church
Sunday of veneration of the Cross
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Divine Liturgy on the Sunday of the Cross, the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the parish in honor of Christ the Savior in Tagaytay, Philippines. After the service, families with children were presented with complex vitamins necessary for the proper growth and development of the […]
Prayers on Tubabao
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On March 29, the secretary of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese, Hieromonk Cornelius (Molev) and the chairman of the missionary department of the diocese, Priest Moses Kahilig, celebrated a prayer service to St. John of Shanghai on Tubabao Island, where the saint stayed from 1949 to 1951 together with Russian refugees. On […]
Prayers for victims of terrorism
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In the Philippines, prayers for the repose of the innocently murdered in the Crocus City Hall were sent up. On March 24, with the blessing of His Eminence Pavel, Metropolitan of Manila and Hanoi, funeral services were held in the parishes of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese for the innocently murdered during […]
Triumph of Orthodoxy
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Sunday of Orthodoxy in Tagaytay. Traditional procession with icons on this day in the parish of Nativity of our Lord.
