Archpastoral visit of Patriarchal Exarch of South-East Asia to Myanmar
From May 3 to May 8, 2023, the Patriarchal Exarch of South-East Asia, Metropolitan Sergiy of Singapore and South-East Asia is visiting the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.
On May 3, 2023, a delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church headed by Metropolitan Sergiy arrived in Yangon. At the airport, His Eminence Sergiy and those who accompany him were met by representatives of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the Russian Embassy in Myanmar, and the Transfiguration Parish in Yangon.
On May 4, 2023, in the capital of Myanmar, Naypyidaw, the Patriarchal Exarch met with representatives of the state authorities of the country.
At a meeting with the Chairman of the State Administrative Council of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Metropolitan Sergiy expressed gratitude to the authorities for supporting the presence of the Russian Orthodox Church in the country, aimed at providing spiritual support to our compatriots temporarily or permanently residing in Myanmar. The interlocutors discussed the positive potential of contacts in the religious sphere for the development of relations between Russia and Myanmar.
In a conversation with the Minister of Religious Affairs and Culture of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Mr. Aung Ko, the Patriarchal Exarch of South-East Asia discussed a wide range of issues of Russian-Myanmar relations in the religious sphere and a number of practical aspects of the activities of the Orthodox communities of the Russian Orthodox Church in the country.
The meetings were also attended by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar N.A. Listopadov, Secretary of the Thai Diocese of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Southeast Asia Archimandrite Oleg (Cherepanin), representative of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate D.I. Petrovsky, and Hierodeacon Juvenaly (Marushchak).
During their stay in Naypyidaw, the delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church got acquainted with the sights of the capital of Myanmar.
On First Week of Great Lent, Patriarchal Exarch of Southeast Asia Performed Great Lent Services at Parishes of Thai diocese
On Forgiveness Sunday, Patriarchal Exarch of Southeast Asia Celebrated Divine Liturgy and Vespers with Rite of Forgiveness at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Bangkok, Thailand
