In the settlement of Kinabalan in the Philippines, construction of the church in honour of St. Thomas the Apostle continues

On February 20, 2020, Metropolitan Pavel of Manila and Hanoi, Administrator of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese, consecrated the cross and foundation stone at the site of the church named after the Apostle Thomas in the settlement of Kinabalan on the island of Mindanao, Philippines.

Since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, the opportunity for construction work on the erection of the church appeared only a year later. In 2021, the site was prepared and piles were hammered. Recently, the pouring of the foundation of the church was completed. Despite the complexity of the project, local workers, with the help of parishioners of the church and under the supervision of the clergy of the diocese, coped with the work, according to the website of the Philippine-Vietnamese diocese.

The project of the church was developed by the architectural department of the Khanty-Mansi Metropolis specifically for the conditions of the Philippines, characterized by high seismic activity and humidity. According to the project, the church should withstand an earthquake with a magnitude of 9 points.