On November 26, 2024, the feast day of St. John Chrysostom, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, Patriarchal Exarch of Southeast Asia Metropolitan Sergius of Singapore and Southeast Asia, Metropolitan Paul of Manila and Hanoi, Archbishop Theophan of Korea and Vicar General of the Diocese of Singapore Bishop Pitirim of Jakarta celebrated the Divine Liturgy at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Bangkok. The solemn service was timed to coincide with the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the presence of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Kingdom of Thailand.
Before the beginning of the divine service in the church met the ark with a part of the relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
The hierarchs were served by: Vice-Chairman of the Russian Orthodox Church Protopriest Nicholas Lishchenyuk; Secretary of the Thailand Diocese, rector of Bangkok's St. Nicholas Cathedral archimandrite Oleg (Cherepanin); rector of the Archpriest Nikolai Katsyuban, rector of the Archangel Michael Church in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia); Archimandrite Pavel (Khokhlov), rector of the Holy Trinity Church in Melbourne (Australia); Archpriest Igor Filianovsky, rector of the Church of St. Seraphim of Sarov on Pangan Island in Thailand; Hieromonk Seraphim of Sarov, rector of the Church of St. Seraphim of Sarov on Pangan Island in Thailand. Archpriest Igor Filianovsky, rector of Holy Trinity Church in Melbourne (Australia); Hieromonk Seraphim (Vasilyev), rector of the Church of St. Seraphim of Sarov on Pangan Island in Thailand; Hieromonk Seraphim (Vasilyev), acting rector of St. Nicholas Cathedral in Tehran (Iran), and Hieromonk Seraphim (Vasilyev). Hegumen Varlaam (Dulsky); Archpriest Sergiy Zvonarev, Secretary of the Russian Orthodox Church for the Far Abroad; Priest Boris Setiawan, rector of the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle in Jakarta (Indonesia); Priest Boris Setiawan, rector of the Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Beijing on the territory of the Embassy of the Mother of God. Hieromonk Innokenty (Kolesnikov), rector of the Church of the Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky in Vientiane (Laos), Priest Dimitri Lavrentiev; Priest Eugene Tsukalo, rector of the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Vungtau (Vietnam); Hieromonk Kirill (Peregudin), an employee of the Russian Orthodox Church; Hieromonk Kirill (Peregudin), rector of the Holy Trinity Parish in Chandrapur (India). Chandrapure (India), Priest Clement Nehamaiya; Secretary to the Chairman of the Russian Orthodox Church, Priest Nikolai Vasin; Acting Rector of Holy Trinity Church in Ulan Bator (Mongolia), Priest Vladislav Ratnikov; clergy of the Thai Diocese and guests in the clergy.
Among those who attended the church were Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of Thailand E.Y. Tomikhin, Director of the Department for Work with Compatriots of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia G.A. Ovechko, Ambassador at Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia A.P. Lukashik, Chairman of the World Coordination Council of Russian Compatriots M.V. Drozdov, heads and representatives of organizations of Russian compatriots in Thailand, representatives of the Royal House and the Thai authorities, numerous parishioners of the cathedral and guests from other communities of the Russian Orthodox Church in Thailand.
At the end of the service, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk greeted the participants of the festive celebrations on behalf of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. Metropolitan Sergius of Singapore and Southeast Asia made a reply, after which the award ceremony took place.
Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk presented Patriarchal awards for the assistance of the Thai Diocese and in connection with the 25th anniversary of the Russian Orthodox Church in Thailand. Archimandrite Oleg (Cherepanin), Secretary of the Thai Diocese and Rector of St. Nicholas Cathedral in Bangkok, was honored with the following awards Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh, II degree; cathedral headman A.A. Tyutin — Order of Prince Daniel of Moscow, III degree; trade representative of Thailand, advisor to Prime Minister Naliniya Tawesin and Momratchawong (junior member of the Royal House) Priyananthana Rangsit — Order of St. Euphrosyne, Grand Duchess of Moscow, II degree.
EVCS Communication Service/Patriarchy.ru
