Meeting of Synod of Patriarchal Exarchate of South-East Asia was held

On January 29, 2023, in the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in Ostankino in Moscow, under the chairmanship of the Patriarchal Exarch of South-East Asia, Metropolitan Sergiy of Singapore and South-East Asia, a regular meeting of the Synod of the Patriarchal Exarchate of South-East Asia was held.

The Synod was attended by Metropolitan Pavel of Manila and Hanoi, Archbishop Theophan of Korea, and Bishop Pitirim of Jakarta, Vicar of the Diocese of Singapore.

The members of the Synod expressed their filial gratitude to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church for their attention to the fate of Orthodoxy in Asia, the development of the life of church communities, and the arrangement of their canonical life.

During the meeting, a wide range of issues of the life of the Patriarchal Exarchate and the further development of the parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the countries of South-East Asia were considered.

Upon the end of the meeting, Metropolitan Pavel presented the archpastors with the First Class medals of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese of St. John of Shanghai.