Archimandrite Oleg (Cherepanin), representative of the Russian Orthodox Church in Thailand and the Rector of St. Nicolas Church in Bangkok, has baptized a citizen of Thailand Apinya Pungsangsuwan. Apinya Pungsangsuwan was born in 1997 in the town of Samut Sakhorn into a family of a driver and a housewife. She has two sisters; she is […]
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Open Arms: Russian Orthodox Church in Thailand Seen as Welcoming, Inclusive
The St. Nicolas Parish of the Russian Orthodox Church was established in Bangkok in 1999, with Oleg Cherepanin, a priest from Yaroslavl Diocese of Moscow Patriarchate, being appointed its rector. The church holds services in Old Slavic, Russian, English and Thai, and has an interesting mix of parishioners, belonging to various nationalities. Michel de Valliere […]
Orthodox Monastery Consecrated In Thailand
On February 9, 2012, Archbishop Mark of Yegoryevsk, director of the Moscow Patriarchate’s office for institutions abroad, who is on a visit to Thailand, consecrated the church dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God at the Monastery of the Dormition in Ratchaburi. With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and […]
How a Nation Becomes Orthodox
Ethnic Korean bishop appointed to Korean Diocese of the Russian Church The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church gathered yesterday under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at Moscow’s Danilov Monastery. Among the Synod’s work was the appointment of hierarchs for several vacant dioceses, according to the report […]
What is Team 360?
I sincerely pray that you, our readers, are in the midst of a peaceful and glorious holiday season. I wanted to share this email I received recently with you: Fr. Peck, Thank you so much for a great first semester! I am so grateful to be a student with Great Martyr Euphemia and I have […]