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December 10, 2016:
Congratulations to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill to the king of Thailand ascension to the throne.

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April 21, 2016:
Chairman of the Orthodox Church in Thailand Foundation Makes Official Visit to Koh Phangan

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April 20, 2016:
Metropolitan Sergius of Barnaul & Altay Visit Trinity Church of Phuket

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April 15, 2016:
Next Issue of "The Christian World of Asia" Released

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April 08, 2016:
Monastic vows taken at Dormition Monastery in Ratchaburi Province

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April 03, 2016:
Lao Translation & Publication of "Law of God" is Completed

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March 24, 2016:
Vist of Archimandrite Oleg (Cherepanin) to Russia

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March 23, 2016:
Opening ceremony of an photo exhibition of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev

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March 20, 2016:
Memorial Service for Victims of the Plane Crash in Russia

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March 09, 2016:
Icon written for the chapel in honor of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk on Koh Chang

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The Cincture of the Theotokos in Thailand



With the blessing of His Holiness KIRILL, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, from December 19, 2019 to January 19, 2020, a reliquary with a fragment of the Holy Cincture (belt) of the Theotokos will be visiting the Diocese of Thailand to mark the 20th anniversary of the Orthodox Church in Thailand.

The Cincture will remain for veneration in the churches of the diocese in accordance with the following schedule:

December 18-21, 2019 – St. Nicholas Cathedral in Bangkok
December 21-25, 2019 – All Saints church and Holy Veil church in Pattaya
December 26-27, 2019 – Holy Royal Martyrs church in Hua Hin
December 27, 2019 – January 09, 2020 – Holy Trinity church on Phuket Island
January 10-13, 2020 – Holy Ascension church on Samui Island
January 14-16, 2020 – St. Vladimir church in Chiang Mai
January 17-19, 2020 – St. Nicholas Cathedral in Bangkok

The 20th anniversary of the Orthodox Church in Thailand

With the blessing of His Eminence SERGIY, Metropolitan of Singapore and Southeast Asia and Patriarchal Exarch of Southeast Asia, the 20th anniversary of Orthodoxy in Thailand will be celebrated on December 19-22, 2019.

The celebrations will be led by the Patriarchal Exarch of Southeast Asia, His Eminence SERGIY, Metropolitan of Singapore and Southeast Asia, in concelebration with His Eminence Paul, Metropolitan of Manila and Hanoi and His Eminence Theophan, Archbishop of Korea.

Liturgical schedule:

 December 19, 2019 (Thursday), the commemoration of St. Nicholas, archbishop of Myra in Lycia
• At St. Nicholas Cathedral in Bangkok
• Divine Liturgy and procession - 9:00am

December 22, 2019 (Sunday) - the 10th anniversary of the Great Consecration of All Saints church in Pattaya
• At All Saints church in Pattaya
• Divine Liturgy - 9:00am



Historical reference

Historic existence of Orthodox Christian Church in Thailand was initiated in 1999. In response to numerous requests from Orthodox believers, generally citizens of the former USSR, who by the will of God were far away from their motherland for different reasons, the Holy Synod of Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) on its meeting on December 28, 1999 made a decision to open St. Nicholas' parish in Bangkok. By the same decision of the Supreme Authority, the priest from the Diocese of Yaroslavl, hegumen Oleg (Cherepanin) was appointed as the rector of the newly formed parish.

The establishment and development of Orthodoxy was going very complex, sometimes even dramatic. The local legislation in the sphere of religion did not provide for Orthodoxy as a different confession of Christianity. In 2001 His Eminence KIRILL, the Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, the Chairman of Department for External Church Relationships of Moscow Patriarchate, paid the first official arch-pastoral visit to Bangkok. In the outcome of this visit, St. Nicholas' parish was converted into Representation of Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), and hegumen Oleg (Cherepanin) became the Representative of Russian Orthodox Church in the Kingdom of Thailand with the blessing to give spiritual guidance to Orthodox flock in Lao People's Democratic Republic and the Kingdom of Cambodia as well. It took nine long years of insistent work and prayers to convert local residents, the citizens of Thailand, to Orthodoxy, so that Thai state authority would finally accept the Orthodoxy. On July 20, 2008, after more than seven months of examining the question in Department of the Interior, it was decided to register Orthodox Church in Thailand as a social organization.

On this web site the staff of parishes and church committee of Orthodox Christian Church in Thailand, including Thai, Russian, Romanians, Greeks, French and a great many of other nationalities, will narrate about their spiritual life on the blessed land of Thailand, and history and culture of the country.

His Majesty The King of Thailand Rama V (Chulalongkorn) and Saint and Martyr the All-Russian Emperor Nicholas II Alexandrovich (1897) Without a doubt, Russian Orthodox Church, from which Orthodoxy in Thailand originated, has a special meaning for every person amongst us. Its Head - His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia - is our Patriarch as well. By familiarizing yourself with the material on this site you will see that two-fold interstate relationship between Russia and Siam (historical name of Thailand) is unique in many aspects. Personal friendship of outstanding monarchs Rama V (Chulalongkorn) and His Majesty Nicholas II (Romanov), who was later canonized by Russian Orthodox Church, grew into the friendship and collaboration of two great states and nations. Even the years of stagnation, atheism and godlessness, which fell upon Russia, could not ruin the kindly feelings of these two nations. The official visit of Russian President V. V. Putin to Thailand in 2003 and the return official visit of Her Majesty Queen of Thailand Sirikit in 2007 tied anew the historical chain of mutual sympathy of our nations.

Queen Sirikit and Vladimir Putin