On January 26, 2025, on the 31st
Sunday after Pentecost, the next Sunday after Theophany, the Patriarchal Exarch of Southeast Asia, Metropolitan of Singapore and Southeast-Asian Sergiy celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Branch of the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in Ostankino, the city of Moscow. On the eve of the Sunday, Metropolitan Sergiy served an All-night vigil.

His Eminence was co-served by the clergy of the church of the Life-Giving Trinity, the clergy of the Singapore diocese of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Southeast Asia, and the guests of the parish in Holy orders.

During the liturgy, Metropolitan Sergiy performed Deacon Hirotonie for Daniil Rustandi, who will carry his ministry at the church of the venerable Sergiy of Radonezh on the island of Bali, the Republic of Indonesia.

At the end of the service, the archpastor addressed those gathered with the word of sermon.

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.

On the night of January 6-7, 2025, the feast of the Nativity of our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ, the Patriarchal Exarch for Southeast Asia, Metropolitan Sergiy of Singapore and Southeast Asia, performed solemn divine services of the feast in the Church of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos in Singapore.

The parishioners and guests of the church prayed at the services.

Before the beginning of the Divine Liturgy, the Nativity Epistle of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia was read out to the archpastors, pastors, deacons, monastics, and all the faithful children of the Russian Orthodox Church. After the Communion verse, the congregation heard the Nativity Epistle of the Patriarchal Exarch of Southeast Asia to the Most Reverend Bishops, clergy, monastics, and all the Orthodox flock of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Southeast Asia.

At the end of Liturgy, the archpastor and clergy performed the glorification of the feast of the Nativity of Christ.

At the end of the service, Metropolitan Sergiy congratulated the faithful on the feast of the Nativity of Christ and addressed the congregation with an archpastoral sermon.

The feast day continued with a joint trapeza in the parish courtyard.

On December 11, 2024, in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, a visiting meeting of the Group of Strategic Vision “Russia – Islamic World” was held under the chairmanship of Rais of the Republic of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov.

The theme of this year’s meeting is “Interaction between Russia and the Islamic World in the Era of Emerging Multipolarity.” During the discussion, the most currently relevant topics were considered, and the main areas of cooperation in the political, economic, and financial fields, including the humanitarian and cultural spheres, were outlined. Based on the results of the meeting, the participants of the “Russia – Islamic World” Strategic Vision Group outlined the main tasks for the coming year. The plenary session was attended by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim.

Taking part in the plenary session were: Metropolitan Kirill of Kazan and Tatarstan; Patriarchal Exarch for Southeast Asia, Metropolitan Sergiy of Singapore and Southeast Asia; Mufti of Tatarstan, Kamil hazrat Samigullin; head of the publishing house “Huzur” of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Republic of Tatarstan, Rishat hazrat Hamidullin. In addition, the event was attended by leaders of Muslim communities from the BRICS countries and the Asia-Pacific region, as well as experts in the field.