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24 March 2013

Representative of Russian Orthodox Church in Thailand visited a reception on the occasion of the election of new Pope of Rome.

By Nunciature of Vatican and Catholic Bishop Conference in Thailand, archimandrite Oleg (Cherepanin) was invited to the reception dedicated to the election of new Pope of Rome Francis.

On behalf of the Orthodox Christians in Thailand the Representative warmly congratulated Roman Catholic believers with such an important event in their life.

Archimandrite Oleg also sent his greetings to a newly appointed Vatican Nuncio archbishop Paul Tschang In-Nam, who also serves as Vatican Nuncio in Cambodia and Apostolic Ambassador in Myanmar and Laos.

17 March 2013

Charity Fair held at Trinity parish on Phuket

The Fair took place after the Divine Liturgy on Sunday of Forgiveness, at the square before Trinity Church on Phuket island. It was organized by students of Sunday-school and their parents, with support by church's clergy.

Children made traditional Russian Butter Week treats – cakes, pancakes, puffs and other home-made bakery. The guests of the fair were also offered unique handiwork made by the students. A Shadow Theater performance was also made, which had a lot of success among visitors.

Charity Fair on Phuket	Shadow theater - a Butter Week performance.

The charity purpose of the fair was collecting funds to order the bells from Russia for Trinity Church. “Someday we could also ring merry bells on Easter to celebrate the Resurrection of the Saviour!” – the people at the Fair told about their goal.

Those wishing to help purchase the bells can also make a donation to a bank account (please mark “for the purchase of bells”.):

ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN THAILAND Foundation
Bank Acc. 130-219314-9
Beneficiary's Bank: THE SIAM COMMERCIAL BANK PUBLIC CO.LTD
Branch- RATCHAWAT
SWIFT Code- SICOTHBK
Bank address: 9 Rutchadapisek Rd., Jatujak, Bangkok, 10900

Or via PayPal:

14 March 2013

Land and building for a new Church on Samui officially registered.

An administrative committee of Samui Island (Surat Thani province) have issued an official license for Ascension Church building and land plot, thus completing their official registration as belonging to the Orthodox Church. The parish was given the address:

The church should be ready for service in no more than one or two months.

11 March 2013

A citizen of Kazakhstan returned home.

For about two weeks All Saints' parish in Pattaya was taking care of Vasily N., a 60-year old citizen of Kazakhstan, who came to Thailand for holiday and missed his return flight. As it turned out, Vasily had a psychiatric impediment and suffered exacerbations during which he could not perceive the reality clearly.

By the request of All Saints' parish council, archimadrite Oleg (Cherepanin), Representative of Russian Orthodox Church in Thailand, contacted the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Thailand. The consul of Kazakhstan, in turn, made agreements with SKAT airlines company and TEZ-tour travel agency that were organizing Vasily's holiday. On March 11, by joint efforts, Vasily was sent home to Kazakhstan.

10 March 2013

Another Citizen of Thailand Converted to Orthodoxy.

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 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 currently living with her family in Bangkok and is studying in the graduation class of the Thesabanomnoi school. The girl wishes to continue her study at university and become a professional translator.

About a year ago, Ms. Apinya independently became interested in Orthodoxy and started going to the St. Nicolas Church in Bangkok. She attended catechism courses at the Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church in Thailand. On March 3, 2013, she received Holy Baptism with the name Anastasia in honor of holy royal passion-bearer Grand Princess Anastasia (Romanova).

in the photo: Miss Apinya Pungsangsuwan (Anastasia) near St. Nicholas Church in Bangkok.

09 March 2013

Construction of new St. Nicholas Church in Bangkok

Archimadrite Oleg (Cherepanin), Representative of the Russian Orthodox Church in Thailand, visited construction site of the new church being built in Bangkok on Sukhumvit Road Soi 101/1, to see its current progress. The foundation of the building is now almost finished and workers have begun raising concrete support structures. According to the head of the building party, 25 people are currently working on church building's construction. The labor does not stop at weekends, to catch up for two weeks' delay caused by recent heavy rains in Kingdom's capital.

Archimadrite Oleg appreciated the construction progress and gave permission to the Foundation of the Orthodox Church in Thailand to set financial rewards for best workers on the construction.

Construction of St.Nicholas church in progress (March 2013)

06 March 2013

Blessing of the airplane and office of «LEGACY air» company.

At the request of the key personnel of «LEGACY air» company, archimadrite Oleg (Cherepanin), Represen­tative of Russian Orthodox Church in Thailand, visited U-Tapao airport 40 km from Pattaya and performed a blessing rite on company's new airplane as well as its office facility. On March 11 «LEGACY air» is expected to launch a new popular rout between tourist center Pattaya and Siem Reap in Cambodia, the location of Ankgor Wat, a famous historical and cultural monument.

It was also agreed that the company will give a 30 to 50% discount on all of their flights for priests working in South-East Asia as well as other Orthodox Church servants that travel on clerical business in the region.

Archimadrite Oleg (Cherepanin with «LEGACY air» executives at U-Tapao Airport)

04 March 2013

Church-wide Orthodox meeting took place in Thailand.

The meeting was held in All Saints' parish in Patthaya by the blessing of archbishop Mark, Head of the Department for Foreign Institutions of Russian Orthodox Church. The meeting was attended by:

• Clergy and church staff currently serving in the Kingdom
• Members of the Committee of the Orthodox Christian Church in Thailand Foundation
• Representatives of the Orthodox parish councils from Thailand and Cambodia
• Chosen delegates from parishes (2 persons from each)

The Conference was also attended by Alexey Falunin, a vice-consul of Russian Federation in Thailand.

Church-wide Orthodox meeting in Thailand. Archimadrite Oleg (Cherepanin) making his report.

The agenda included following reports:

1. Results of the work of Orthodox Church in Thailand by archimadrite Oleg (Cherepanin), Representative of Russian Orthodox Church in Thailand.
2. Results of the work of Foundation of the Orthodox Church in Thailand by priest Danai (Daniel) Wanna, a Chairman of the Foundation.
3. On current state of Trinity parish on Phuket island, by priest Alexey Golovin.
4. On current state of All Saints' parish in Pattaya, by priest Danai (Daniel) Wanna.
5. On current state of St. Nicholas parish in Bangkok, by Michel de Valerie, Deputy Chairman of St. Nicholas parish.
6. On current state of Ascension parish on Samui island, by O. Voronov, member of parish council.
7. On current state of Dormition monastery in Ratchaburi, by archimadrite Oleg (Cherepanin).
8. On current state of Orthodox parishes in Cambodia: St. George parish of Phnom Penh by S.A. Stepanov (Chairman of parish council) and St. Panteleimon parish of Sihanoukville by M. Yu. Ryumshin (Chairman of parish council).
9. Discussion of current problems of Orthodox Church in Thailand by several contributors.
10. Reviewing 2013 Development Program for Orthodox Church in Thailand and Presenting it to the Church Authority by archimadrite Oleg (Cherepanin).

Each of the talks lead to constructive discussions and decisions. Attendees agreed that general state and tendencies of Orthodoxy in Thailand are positive.

Participants of the Church-wide Orthodox meeting in All Saint's Church in Pattaya.

03 March 2013

Pastoral meeting of Orthodox clergy took place in Thailand

The meeting was held in All Saints' parish in Pattaya (Chonburi province), in preparation for upcoming Orthodox Church in Thailand meeting in Thailand.

The participants were:

• Archimandrite Oleg (Cherepanin), Representative of Russian Orthodox Church in Thailand, rector of St. Nicholas parish in Bangkok.
• Priest Danai (Daniel) Wanna, Chairman of Orthodox Christian Church in Thailand Foundation, acting priest of All Saint's Church in Pattaya.
• Priests Alexey Golovin and Roman Bychkov, serving in Thailand's southern provinces of Phuket (Trinity Church) and Suratthani (Ascension Church on Samui island).

Participants discussed ways to improve pastoral work in Thailand and Cambodia, perspectives of growth for Orthodoxy in near and far future and some current problems, such as lack of church ministers: choirmasters, singers and psalm-readers.

Clerics made suggestions for solving the issues. The results of the meeting will be used during the Church-wide meeting and also sent for consideration to the Hierarchy of Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).

In the photo: Orthodox clergy serving in Thailand.

14 February 2013

The consecration of domes of the Holy Ascension church in Samui.

The domes were consecrated and installed in the Holy Ascension church in Samui, Surat Thani province. With the blessing from archimandrite Oleg (Cherepanin), the Representative of Russian Orthodox Church in Thailand, eight domes with crosses for the temple and the bell tower were consecrated by the priest Alexei Golovin, a cleric of the Trinity Church in Phuket. After the consecration the ascending and fastening of the domes have began. The full completion of the construction work is planned at the end of May 2013.

In the photo: The blessing of domes and crosses in the Holy Ascension church in Samui.