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In 1923, in Manila, the first Orthodox community was formed by a group of emigrants from Russia who were forced to leave their Homeland after the Civil war. In 1934, following the request of the Russian diaspora in Manila, Bishop Victor (Svyatin) of China and Beijing established a parish in honor of the Iveron icon of the Mother of God. Iveron church existed until 1945, when it was destroyed during the liberation of the city by the Americans from the Japanese invaders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1949, after the Communists came to power in China, about\nsix thousand Russian refugees left Shanghai. Of all the countries in the world,\nonly the Republic of the Philippines agreed accept them for some period. The\nRussians were stationed on the small island of Tubabao. One of the first\nbuildings built were two churches: in honor of the Archangel Michael and in\nhonor of Seraphim of Sarov. And the temple of the Mother of God was made of the\nAmerican field church. The famous Hierarch John (Maximovich) was among the\nrefugees. Saint John of Shanghai periodically left the Philippines for other\ncountries, primarily the United States, to organize the relocation of refugees\nthere; so in 1951, the Russians mostly left the Philippines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The next Liturgy was served on Tubabao only in 2013, when\nRussian Orthodox Church outside Russia (ROCOR) priest Seraphim Bell and deacon\nSiluan Thompson visited the Philippines. In preparation for this trip, the\nfirst Filippino ROCOR monk Philip (Balingit), with help from Russia, built a\nchapel on the site on the island where the Russian temple was previously\nlocated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In November 2013, the chapel was destroyed by Typhoon\nYolanda. Kirill Shkarbul, a priest serving in the ROC parishes in Taiwan,\narrived in Tubabao with humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the same time, on the island of Mindanao, a group of\naglipayan priests (followers of the Philippine Independent Church of Gregory\nAglipay, which separated from the Roman Catholic Church more than 100 years\nago) began to take an interest in the history of Orthodoxy. Aglipayan\ncommunities asked fr. Kirill to visit them with a lecture on Orthodoxy. So the\nmission of the Russian Orthodox Church among Filipinos began. After catechism,\nin 2015 a number of mass baptisms were performed in the waters of the Pacific\nocean, thousands of people were joined to the Orthodox Church. Priest Georgy\nMaksimov played an active role in organizing the work of the mission. He and\nfr. Kirill Shkarbul periodically came to the Philippines, served the Divine\nLiturgies, conducted catechism classes. Fr. George organized fund raising in\nRussia for the mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From September 2014 to March 2020, also ROCOR priest Siluan\nThompson (USA) performed missionary service on the island of Mindanao (Santa\nMaria village). For some time, Hieromonk Philip Balingit worked with him and\nthen in Manila. They made a huge contribution to the missionary work,\nespecially in translating of liturgical texts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In October 2016, the Holy Synod appointed Bishop Sergiy of\nSolnechnogorsk (Chashin), the head of the Administrative Secretariat of the\nMoscow Patriarchate, to manage parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Vietnam,\nthe Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, North Korea\nand the Republic of Korea. His Eminence began with the renewal of the parish of\nthe Iveron icon of the Mother of God in Manila on Easter in April 2017. The\nparish has united Orthodox people of many nationalities, Orthodox\nFilipinos interested in Russian culture\nbecoming its basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the same year 2017, at the request of the faithful, ROC\ncommunities were founded in Tagaytay and Cebu. In Tagaytay, the Orthodox\ncommunity originated on the basis of the Grubbs family charitable Foundation\nFMI. The head of the Foundation, fr. David Grubbs (USA), who converted to\nOrthodoxy in 2000 after ten years of work in Russia, was ordained a priest in\n2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The community in Cebu is the only one in the country\nconsisting mainly of Russian citizens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In December 2018, Holy Synod established the Patriarchal\nExarchate of Southeast Asia with 4 dioceses: Korean, Singaporean, Thailand, and\nFilipino-Vietnamese. Metropolitan Sergiy (Chashin) was appointed Head of the\nExarchate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In August 2019, by the decision of the Holy Synod,\nMetropolitan Pavel (Fokin) of Khanty-Mansi and Surgut was entrusted with the\ntitle of “Metropolitan of Manila and Hanoi” as the ruling Bishop of\nthe Philippine-Vietnamese diocese. In \n2019, three Filipino elders of Mindanao parishes were ordained to the\npriesthood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In February 2020, during an archpastoral visit to the\nRepublic of the Philippines, Metropolitan Pavel ordained to deaconship 5 other\nelders of the communities of Mindanao. A place for the construction of a temple\nwas also blessed in the village of Kinabalu. On February 22, for the first time\nin the history of the ROC in the Philippines, a temple in honor of St Seraphim\nof Sarov in Makalangot was blessed by Met. Pavel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The community in Makalangot village converted to Orthodoxy\nfrom the “Aglipayan church” in 2015 after conversion of its\nleader fr. Moses Cahilig, now a priest\nof the Philippines-Vietnamese diocese. Priests Moses Cahilig and Roman Buniel\nwere ordained by Metropolitan Pavel in Ugra in September 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
During his archpastoral visit in February 2020, Metropolitan\nPavel also led the divine Liturgy at the Iveron parish in Manila and held talks\nwith the foreign Minister of the Philippines, Mr Teodoro Loxin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On February 22, 2020, after the divine Liturgy, in the\nchurch of St Seraphim of Sarov in Makalangot, under the chairmanship of\nMetropolitan Pavel, a diocesan meeting of the clergy and laity of the PV\ndiocese was held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Metropolitan Pavel made a report summarizing the work of the\ndiocese in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To date, it consists of 33 parishes, 11 prayer rooms, 7\npriests: 3 Russians (1 in Vietnam), 3 Filipinos and 1 American. The divine\nLiturgy is celebrated weekly in seven parishes of the diocese. Services are\nheld in the languages: Russian, English, Tagalog and Cebuano. The main\nliturgical texts have already been translated into the latter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2019, 125 baptisms were performed, including 13 babies,\n18 weddings and 6 funerals. 8 Filipino students study at the St Petersburg\ntheological Seminary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the meeting, the members of the Diocesan Council were\nelected and the heads of the diocesan departments were appointed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Information Department was headed by hieromonk Alexy\n(Lapshin), the Department of Religious Education and Catechism \u2014 hieromonk\nCornelius (Molev), the Department of Social Ministry and Charity \u2014 priest David\nGrubbs, Missionary Department \u2014 priest Moses Cahilig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are 5 deaneries in the PV diocese: Manila (Luzon and\nCebu islands), Davao (Mindanao and Leyte), General Santos, Davao del Sur and\nVietnam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In February 2020, the official website of The Philippine-Vietnamese\ndiocese was launched, and a Facebook page was created. The site is available at\n\/ru\/. It contains information about the diocese, the\nruling Bishop, the clergy, churches under construction and operating, the work\nof parish communities, sisterhoods and fraternities, current news from the life\nof deaneries and the ministry of the Archpastor, decrees and orders of the\nruling Bishop, appeals, documents, contacts and other information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
With help from Russia, churches are being built in the\nPhilippines, and social work is being carried out in parishes, including\nhelping poor families with food and necessary things. Volunteers travel to poor\nareas, conducting conversations and practical classes on hygiene and healthy\nrules. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
During Typhoon Yolanda and during powerful earthquakes,\npriests and volunteers went to the affected areas, helping with water, food,\nand even rebuilding destroyed homes. So in the north of Cebu island, ROC funds\nwere used to build more than 100 homes for victims of the typhoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Russian Orthodox Church provides an opportunity for\naspiring young Filipinos to receive a high-quality spiritual education both at\nthe Davao training center and at spiritual schools in Russia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ROC plays an important role in the cultural exchange\nbetween Russia and the Philippines. In cooperation with the administration of\neducational institutions and localities, the Church participates in folk\nfestivals, organizes cultural lectures, youth camps, and even charity concerts\nby professional singers from Russia, introducing local residents to the rich\nRussian culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
VIETNAM<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ROC in Vietnam is represented by the parish in honor of the\nKazan icon of the Mother of God in Vung Tau, where about 1000 Russian-speaking\nemployees of JV “Vietsovpetro” live, and the parishes of blessed\nXenia of St. Petersburg in Hanoi and the Protection (Intersession) of the\nMother of God in Ho Chi Minh city. The blessing for the opening of parishes was\ngiven on July 17, 2002 by the Holy Synod. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first of the ROC hierarchs to visit Vietnam in November\n2001 at the head of the ROC delegation was Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and\nKaliningrad (since 2009, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia). During the trip,\nthe Hierarch met with his compatriots, held pastoral talks, and held prayers in\nHanoi, Ho Chi Minh city and Vung Tau. The first divine Liturgy and Easter\nservices in Vietnam were held in 2002 in Vung Tau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Representatives of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for\nExternal Church relations regularly (once or twice a year) visited the parish in Vung Tau, Ho Chi Minh\ncity and Hanoi for services on Easter and other Church holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The clergy of the Vladivostok diocese also visited Vietnam.\nIn 2009, they celebrated the first\ndivine Liturgy in the capital, Hanoi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In February 2017, Archbishop Sergiy of Solnechnogorsk,\nAdministrator of the parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in East and South-East\nAsia, visited Vietnam. He met with the Deputy head of the Government Committee\nfor religious Affairs of the SRV, Zuong Ngok Tan. During the conversation, the\nparties exchanged views on the organization of pastoral care of the Russian\nOrthodox Church for Russian-speaking compatriots in Vietnam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In October 2018, by order of his Holiness Patriarch Kirill,\npriest Eugene Tsukalo, appointed rector of the parish in honor of the Kazan\nicon of the Mother of God in Vung Tau, arrived in Vung Tau for pastoral\nservice, with the task of feeding the Orthodox communities of the cities of\nHanoi and Ho Chi Minh. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Vung Tau, regular services are held on holidays and\nSundays, on Wednesdays \u2013 the reading of the akathist to the most Holy\nTheotokos, prayers and dirges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On July 9, 2019, the Holy Synod included the parishes of\nblessed Xenia of St. Petersburg in Hanoi and the Intercession of the Mother of\nGod in Ho Chi Minh city under the jurisdiction of the ROC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Hanoi, services are held monthly. On Sundays, the\nOrthodox congregate in the Catholic chapel for a lay mass. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Ho Chi Minh city,\nservices are held every 2-3 weeks on the territory of the Consulate General of\nthe Russian Federation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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