On November 25, 2024, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk arrived in Bangkok to participate in the celebrations on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Russian Orthodox Church's presence in the Kingdom of Thailand and the round table «Russian Orthodox Church and compatriots: the experience of cooperation in Asia and Australia».
The Chairman of the ROCOR is accompanied by the Vice Chairman of the ROCOR Protopriest Nikolai Lishchenyuk, the Secretary of the ROCOR for Overseas Affairs Archpriest Sergiy Zvonarev, Hieromonk Kirill (Peregudin) of the ROCOR Secretariat for Overseas Affairs, and the Secretary of the ROCOR Chairman Priest Nikolai Vasin.
The guests were met at the airport by Patriarchal Exarch of Southeast Asia Metropolitan Sergius of Singapore and Southeast Asia and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of Thailand E. Tomikhin.
EOCS Communication Service/Patriarchy.ru