On Theophany Eve, Patriarchal Exarch of Southeast Asia Celebrated Divine Liturgy and Presbyter Ordination at Patriarchal Metochion of the Church of Life-Giving Trinity in Ostankino
On January 18, 2025, on the eve of Theophany (sochelnik), Patriarchal Exarch of Southeast Asia, Metropolitan Sergiy of Singapore and Southeast Asia celebrated the Divine Liturgy, Great Vespers and the rite of the Great Blessing of Water at the Patriarchal Metochion of the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in Ostankino, Moscow .
His Eminence was co-served by the clergy of the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity and the Singapore Diocese of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Southeast Asia.
During the Liturgy, the ordination to the rank of presbyter of Hierodeacon Juvenaliy, clergyman of the Holy Dormition Church in Singapore, was performed. The evening before, Metropolitan Sergiy performed monastic tonsure on him.
Concluding the service, the Archpastor congratulated everyone on the feast and addressed those gathered with the words of a sermon.