On the feast of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, Metropolitan Sergiy celebrated Liturgy in the Church of Apostle Thomas in Jakarta

On March 5, on the 1st Sunday of Great Lent, the Triumph of Orthodoxy, the Patriarchal Exarch of South-East Asia, Metropolitan Sergiy of Singapore and South-East Asia celebrated the Liturgy of St. Basil the Great and the rite of the Triumph of Orthodoxy in the Church of the Apostle Thomas in Jakarta.

His Eminence was co-served by the rector of the church, Priest Boris Satiavan, Hieromonk Cyril (Situmeang) and Hieromonk Methodius (Sugiarto), clerics of the Archpastor Metochion of St. Vladimir’s Church in Bekasi; Hierodeacon Juvenaly (Marushchak), Senior Deacon of the Patriarchal Exarchate of South-East Asia; Deacon Michael Borodai, Cleric of the Church of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos in Singapore; Deacon Dorotheus Gunavan, Cleric of the Archpastor Metochion of St. Vladimir’s Church in Bekasi; Deacon Damian Darmavan, Cleric of the Church of the Apostle Thomas in Jakarta; and Deacon Ammon S, Cleric of the Archpastor Metochion of St. Vladimir’s Church in Bekasi.

Liturgical chants were sung in Church Slavonic and Indonesian.

After the Liturgy, the rite of the Triumph of Orthodoxy was performed.

At the end, Metropolitan Sergiy presented David Hadiningrat, the ktitor of the Church of the Apostle Thomas in Jakarta, with a patriarchal award – the Order of St. Sergiy of Radonezh, II degree, in view of his assistance to the Patriarchal Exarchate of South-East Asia and in connection with the 70th anniversary of his birth.

Concluding the divine service, His Eminence congratulated everyone on the feast and addressed those present in the church with an archpastoral word.