Bishop Pitirim of Jakarta visited Bogoroditsky Zhitenny Monastery
On June 9, Bishop Pitirim of Jakarta, Vicar of the Diocese of Singapore, visited Bogoroditsky Zhitenny Monastery in the city of Ostashkov (Diocese of Tver).
The sisters and pupils of the monastery met Vladyka on the shore of the lake and then showed him the territory of the monastery, residential buildings and the school.
Vladyka Pitirim talked with the children about faith, kindness, and purity. He also talked with the monastery’s inhabitants about serving God and missionary work in the distant hot exotic countries of South-East Asia, about the local people, their desire for Orthodoxy, customs and life, and also shared funny stories about monkeys, monitor lizards and parrots.
On First Week of Great Lent, Patriarchal Exarch of Southeast Asia Performed Great Lent Services at Parishes of Thai diocese
On Monday and Tuesday of the first week of Great Lent, the patriarchal exarch of Southeast Asia, Metropolitan of Singapore and Southeast-Asia Sergiy, temporary administrator of the Thai diocese, performed the statute services of Great Lent and the great compline with the reading of the Great penitent canon of the venerable Andrew of Crete at the monastic community at the Holy Dormition Church in the province of Ratchaburi, the kingdom of Thailand.
Bishops of Patriarchal Exarchate of Southeast Asia Concelebrate with His Holiness Patriarch Kirill at Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour on Sixteenth Anniversary of Enthronement of the Primate of Russian Orthodox Church
On February 1, 2025, the Russian Orthodox Church prayerfully celebrated the 16th anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. In all the churches and monasteries, prayers were lifted up for the Primate of the Church, elected at the Local Council of 2009 to the Moscow Patriarchal Throne.
On Sunday after Theophany, Patriarchal Exarch of Southeast Asia performed Divine Liturgy and Deacon Hirotonie at Patriarchal Branch of the Church of Life-Giving Trinity in Ostankino
On January 26, 2025, on the 31st Sunday after Pentecost, the next Sunday after Theophany, the Patriarchal Exarch of Southeast Asia, Metropolitan of Singapore and Southeast-Asian Sergiy celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Branch of the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in Ostankino, the city of Moscow. On the eve of the Sunday, Metropolitan Sergiy served an All-night vigil.