On May 6, the feast day of Great Martyr George the Victory-bearer, Archbishop Theophan of Korea for the first time celebrated the Divine Liturgy on Koje Island.
At the liturgy, vladyka was co-served by Deacon Nectarios Lim. The service was attended by local believers.
On May 3, the day of Radonitsa, a special day of commemoration of the dead, which takes place on Easter days, statutory services were performed in the churches of the Korean diocese.
On this day, Archbishop Feofan of Korea prayed at the parish in honor of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in Busan, where he celebrated the Divine Liturgy. After the dismissal of the Liturgy, Vladyka Theophan performed a Panikhida.
At the parish of the Resurrection of Christ in Seoul, the service was officiated by Hieromonk Pavel (Choi).
April 27, Wednesday of Bright Week, with the blessing of Archbishop Feofan of Korea and at the request of Lim Hyoyeon, a teacher at the Faculty of Russian Language and Russian Literature at Korea University in Seoul, Hieromonk Pavel (Choi) gave a lecture at one of the classes.
At the lecture, Father Pavel spoke about Orthodox worship, the structure of the temple and the priestly hierarchy, and also answered various questions from the teacher and students. The audience showed interest in Russian Orthodox culture.
At the end of the lesson, Father Pavel congratulated the audience on the feast of Christ’s Easter and presented Easter cakes, eggs and the book “Catechism of St. Philaret”, recently published by the Korean Diocese of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Southeast Asia.
On the night of April 23-24, 2022, on the feast of the Holy Resurrection of Christ, Archbishop Theophan of Korea led the festive Easter services at the parish in honor of the Resurrection of Christ in Seoul.
The ruling bishop was assisted by Archpriest Pavel Kan and Deacon Nektary Lim.
According to the sacramental verse, the Paschal Epistle of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill was read out to the archpastors, pastors, deacons, monastics and all the faithful children of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Through the prayer beyond the ambo, Vladyka Theophan consecrated the artos, which will remain in the church throughout Bright Week.
Vladyka Theophan heartily congratulated the faithful on the great and bright feast of the Resurrection of the Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ and thanked everyone for their common prayer, after which he bestowed his archpastoral blessing on the parishioners. Then the consecration of the Easter food was performed.
On this joyful night, a solemn divine service on the occasion of the feast of the Lord’s Pascha was performed in the church in honor of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in the city of Busan. The service was performed by Hieromonk Pavel (Che).
