At the patronal feast day in the only opened church in Harbin, of the Holy Protection of the Theotokos, Fr Michael Wang, the priest from Shanghai of Chinese Autonomous Orthodox Church, celebrated the Divine Liturgy, during which several dozen Chinese and Russian believers prayed. For Orthodox believers in Harbin the clergy visit is a rare opportunity to take part in religious services.
Oct 14, 2010 Photo from Pokrov temple worship service. At the service attended by representatives from the Office for Religious Affairs, Harbin, members of the Orthodox community in Harbin, the Russians, who arrived in Harbin for work, study and treatment of TCM.
Members of the Russian Club and representatives of the Chinese Orthodox community photographed with guests from Shanghai - Fr. Michael Wang and reader Papi Fu.
Russian Consulate General in Shenyang transferred to the library of Russian Club the recently published Russian and Chinese Moscow Patriarchate book "Orthodoxy in China."
After the service of parishioners and guests, about 40 people, proceeded to dinner at Chinese restaurant.