Author: Филиппинско-Вьетнамская епархия

“Our nutrition programs are based in the parish of Christ the Savior in the city of Tagaytay. Volunteers and I feed children from very poor families. Some of them do not know how to read and write, and we are working to prepare children who are not attending school for admission,” shared mother Irina Grubbs. “We do our best to meet their nutritional needs, offering a nutritious porridge with the addition of essential vitamins and minerals to support the immune system, growth and brain development. In addition, we give children multivitamins donated by our friends from the USA.

We hope to soon open new and formerly existing children’s health recovery centers in several places that were closed during the pandemic. Similar feeding programs are running simultaneously in different parts of the Philippines, and several new ones will begin in July. Some of these places are located on the island of Luzon: Camarines Sur, Calauag Quezon, Nagkarlan Laguna, Taytay Rizal, Quezon City, Pasay City, Siniloan Laguna, Pakil Laguna and several in the General Santos region of Mindanao.

We also teach children spiritual truths. Natural food is important for physical health, but we shouldn’t forget about spiritual food. You should hear how loudly the children sing “Holy God, Holy Mighty…” and “Our Father”. Please pray for our children and our cause!”

On June 19, in St. Petersburg, Metropolitan Pavel of Manila and Hanoi met with students of the Philippine-Vietnamese diocese who are studying at the St. Petersburg Theological Academy. The meeting was attended by: Third Secretary and Vice-Consul of the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines in the Russian Federation Mrs. Catherine Flores Alpay, Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Students of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy Archpriest Dimitri Sizonenko.

Vladyka Pavel addressed the seminarians with a parting word and wishes for God’s help in the responsible task of teaching for the further service of the Church of Christ.

On June 19, the Sunday of All Saints, in the Academic Church named after the Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, Divine Liturgy was celebrated by two hierarchs: the administrator of the Philippine-Vietnamese diocese, Metropolitan of Khanty-Mansiysk and Surgut Pavel and the rector of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy, Bishop Siluan of Peterhof.

During the service, Vladyka Pavel performed ordination as a reader for the 4th year undergraduate student Dmitry Kahilig, and also ordained Hierodeacon Ioann (Gondayao) as a priest.

Axios, dear Father Ioann!

The settlement is located high in the mountains, where there are no roads and civilization. There, the Orthodox priests were awaitef by the faithful of the parish in honor of Venerable Vincent of Lerinsk, so that together they could prayerfully honor the memory of the saint.

Saint Vincent was born in the city of Toul in the north-east of modern France. He was a brother of Saint Lupus. After serving in the army (lat. secularis militia) he entered the Lerins monastery of St. Honorat, where he received monastic vows. In 434, under the pseudonym Peregrine, he wrote his most famous work, Memoirs (lat. Commonitorium). He died in the reign of the emperors Theodosius II and Valentinian III, in 450 or earlier. St Vincent was highly appreciated by his contemporaries. Thus, St. Eucherius of Lyon called him a holy man, outstanding in eloquence and knowledge.

On May 9, on the 77th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War,, at the Laitieu Cemetery in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam, Priest Evgeny Tsukalo, Dean of the Vietnamese Deanery of the Philippine -Vietnamese Diocese and Consul of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Ho Chi Minh City, V.I.Marihin, laid flowers at the monument “Russian Sailors of the cruiser “Diana”, who died in Saigon in 1905″, which was erected in 1995 in one of the old cemeteries near Ho Chi Minh City.

Father Evgeny also performed a memorial service, litiya, for the perished warriers.

On the night of April 23-24, 2022, on the feast of the Holy Resurrection of Christ, at the Russian Center for Science and Culture in Vung Tau, Priest Evgeny Tsukalo, dean of the Vietnamese deanery, Philippine-Vietnamese diocese, celebrated Easter services.