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.
Parish News
Meeting with students
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On February 17, 2025, in Hanoi, in the assembly hall of the Russian Embassy in Vietnam, a meeting was held between teachers and students of the embassy school and the rector of the parish in honor of Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg of the Russian Orthodox Church, Hegumen Micah. The […]
Sunday of Prodigal son
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Divine Liturgy on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son, the afterfeast of the Meeting of the Lord, at the parish of Blessed Xenia of Petersburg in Hanoi, Vietnam. The service was celebrated by Abbot Micah (Selyakov), rector of the parish. About 50 people gathered for joint prayer that day. After […]
Meeting of the Lord
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On the day of the Feast of the Meeting of the Lord, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Holy Resurrection Parish in the city of General Santos in the Philippines.
New church in the Philippines
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On February 12, Diocesan Secretary Hieromonk Korniliy (Molev) visited the construction site of the mountain church of the Prophet Elijah in the village of Magulo in the Philippines. The old bamboo hut has fallen into disrepair, and the community needs a new building. A new project for a prefabricated […]
Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee
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Divine Liturgy on the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee and the day of remembrance of the Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church, in the Church of Blessed Matrona of Moscow in Davao City, Mindanao Island, Philippines.
Liturgy in Banate
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On Saturday of the 33rd week after Pentecost, on the day of the transfer of the relics of John Chrysostom, in the Church of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos in Banate in the Philippines, believers prayed at the Divine Liturgy. The service was conducted by Priest Joachim Gonzalez.
Feast of St Xenia
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The parish of St Blessed Xenia of Petersburg in the capital of Vietnam celebrated its patronal feast day On February 2, the 32nd Sunday after Pentecost, the parish in honor of Blessed Xenia of Petersburg in the capital of Vietnam, Hanoi, celebrated its patronal feast day on the eve of […]
Liturgy in Lambayong
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On February 2, the 32nd Sunday after Pentecost, the day of remembrance of St. Euthymius the Great, the Divine Liturgy was held at the Church of the Holy Martyr Ignatius the God-Bearer in Lambayong (Sultan Kudarat Province) in the Philippines. The service was conducted by the rector of the […]
Liturgy in Manila
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Sunday at the Church of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. The Divine Liturgy was celebrated by Priest David Grubbs.
Feast of St Nina
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The community in honor of Equal-to-the-Apostles Nina in Kinabalan (Philippines) celebrated its patronal feast day On January 27, the day of remembrance of Equal-to-the-Apostles Nina, the enlightener of Georgia, the community in honor of Saint Nina in Santo Nino, Kinabalan (Philippines) celebrated its patronal feast day. The secretary of […]