On the Day of Commemorating Apostle John the Theologian, Patriarchal Exarch of South-East Asia Performed Deacon and Priestly Ordination of Indonesian Clergy
On May 21, 2023, on the 6th Sunday after Pascha, of the blind and of Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, the Patriarchal Exarch of South-East Asia, Metropolitan Sergiy of Singapore and South-East Asia, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in Ostankino, Moscow.
His Eminence was co-served by the clergy of the church.
During the Liturgy, Metropolitan Sergiy ordained to the rank of presbyter Deacon Vissarion Makhardik, a cleric of the church of Holy Hierarch Jonah of Manchuria in Surabaya, Indonesia, and to the rank of deacon – reader John Nugrahanto, with his appointment as a full-time deacon of the Archpastor’s Metochion of St. Vladimir Church in Bekasi, Indonesia.
After the Liturgy, a Paschal procession around the church took place. At the end of the service, vladyka Sergiy addressed those present with a sermon and gave everyone his archpastoral blessing.
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