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Current news covering various parts of Asia, including Japan, Korea, Siberia (Russian Far East), Central Asia, South East Asia, and India.

• Orthodox parish in Chiang Mai hands over oxygen devices for COVID-19 patients (July 15, 2021)
• 58 indigenous Evenks baptized in Russian Far East in two mass Baptisms (August 6, 2019)
• Seven baptized in Siberian Tuva Republic (March 26, 2019)
• Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church visits the Republic of Korea (June 16, 2017)
• Archbishop Sergiy of Solnechnogorsk visits the Philippines (June 22, 2017)
• Working group for coordinating Russian Orthodox Church's missionary work in Philippines meets for its first session (February 10, 2016)
• Khmer version of Orthodox Prayer Book comes out (October 21, 2015)
• Bishop Innokenty donates icon of Prince Vladimir to Orthodox church in North Korea (June 2, 2015)
• 38 hours are set aside by the Khabarovsk Seminary for learning Chinese (December 16, 2014)
• Two Khabarovsk Seminarians from Hong Kong were tonsured to readers (October 7, 2014)
• Free Medical Examinations and Medicines to the Blaan Tribe in Philippines (July 24, 2014)
• Philippines: The dawn of Orthodoxy (July 23, 2014)
• New Orthodox Church to be built in Rizal — Philippines (March 13, 2014)
• Archbishop Mark of Yegorievsk consecrates the Church of the Ascension on the island of Koh Samui in Thailand (Feburary 10, 2014)
• Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates together with a bishop of the Japanese Autonomous Orthodox Church (February 3, 2014)
• History of the Christian Church published in Thai (December 27, 2013)
• His Holiness Patriarch Kirill congratulates Emperor Akihito of Japan on his 80th birthday (December 23, 2013)
• Orthodox Mission in the Philippines (December 16, 2013)
• OMHKSEA APPEAL for Philippines (November 13, 2013)
• Russian monastery flooded in Thailand ( November 13, 2013)
• IOCC Responds To Victims Of Super Typhoon Haiyan (November 12, 2013)
• FIRST EVER ORTHODOX PRAYER SERVICE IS CELEBRATED IN KIMGANSAN, NORTH KOREA (October 23, 2013)
• Chinese language for Seminarians (October 16, 2013)
• Chinese Orthodox will be educated in Khabarovsk Seminary (October 15, 2013)
• St. John Maximovitch and the Russian Refugee Camp on Tubabao Island (September 8, 2013)
• Russian city ready for mass evacuation if flooding worsens (August 21, 2013)
• Hit With Record Floods, More Russians Seek Baptism — Russian Church Leader (August 18, 2013)
• A resident of Beijing baptised in the river Amur (July 8, 2013)
• Four professors from China visited the Convent (May 26, 2013)
• Creating a "Russian-English and English-Chinese dictionary of Orthodox vocabulary" was discussed in Khabarovsk (May 25, 2013)
• To see the Chinese face of Orthodoxy (Blagoveshchensk, May 20, 2013)
• Russia, China can make world better together - Patriarch Kirill (May 13, 2013)
• A Japanese Woman Who Followed Her Heart to Orthodoxy (March 28, 2013)
• China and Japan were added to the official list of countries that form the canonical territory of the Russian Orthodox Church (February 6, 2013)
• A New Orthodox Community was established in Davao, Philippines (December 19, 2012)
• Patriarch Kirill: Chinese migrants need to learn respectful attitude to the way of life in Russia (November 27, 2012)
• Guests from China took part in the Orthodox quiz (October 15, 2012)
• A Japanese Martial Artist Receives Orthodox Baptism (October 4, 2012)
• The book 'Freedom and Responsibility' by Patriarch Kirill presented in Tokyo (September 17, 2012)
• Patriarch Kirill celebrates Divine Liturgy at Resurrection Cathedral in Tokyo (September 16, 2012)
• Patriarch Kirill's interview to Japanese journalists (September 11, 2012)
• His Holiness Patriarch Kirill to visit Japan (September 10, 2012)
• His Holiness Patriarch Kirill answers questions of Japanese journalists on the even of his visit to Japan (September 4, 2012)
• Patriarch Kirill meets with Japan's ambassador to Russia (August 30, 2012)
• Clergy of the Trinity Church in Pyongyang visit Khabarovsk (August 22, 2012)
• Orthodox Youth Summer Camp Opened in Thailand (August 5, 2012)
• Orthodox from Harbin arrived in Blagoveshchensk (August 4, 2012)
• An Orthodox missionary delegation from the USA visits Mongolia (June 22, 2012)
• A working trip of Metropolitan Hilarion in Khabarovsk (June 18, 2012)
• Khabarovsk priest participated in the international motor rally in the territory of Russia and China (May 19, 2012)
• Russian Orthodox leader to visit Japan (May 17, 2012)
• The opening of Cyril-and-Methodius Readings in Khabarovsk were attended by representatives from China (May 14, 2012)
• First issue of "Orthodox Thailand" newspaper published (March 23, 2012)
• Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Russia's new ambassador to Japan (March 22, 2012)
• Exhibition timed to the centenary of the demise of St. Nicholas of Japan opens at the National Library of Russia (March 21, 2012)
• DECR Chairman meets with Ambassador of South Korea (March 13, 2012)
• Centennial of the demise of St. Nicholas of Japan Equal-to-the-Apostles marked in Tokyo (February 20, 2012)
• A church consecrated in the Monastery of the Dormition in Thailand (February 10, 2012)
• Protopriest Seraphim Slobodskoy's The Law of God is Translated into Thai (January 30, 2012)
• Japanese translation of the Philokalia published (January 23, 2012)
• Patriarch Kirill (Gundyaev) to visit Japan in 2012 (December 23, 2011)
• EMERGENCY RELIEF DRIVE by Philippine Orthodox Rural Missions (December 18, 2011)
• Phuket News - First service held in Russian Orthodox Church (December 18, 2011)
• ROC MP Vicar Bishop of Vladivostok Diocese admits failure of mission to N. Korean migrant workers (December 9, 2011)
• "300 sayings of Orthodox Church ascetics" is published in the Thai Language (November 22, 2011)
• Photo Gallery: Ordination of First Metropolitan of Singapore (November 21, 2011)
• New Metropolitan elections-The Chancellor of OMHKSEA elected Metropolitan of Singapore (November 5, 2011)
• The Chancellor of OMHKSEA was elected as Metropolitan of Singapore (November 3, 2011)
• "Orthodoxy in Cambodia" website is launched (November 2, 2011)
• Patriarch Kirill hopes visit to Japan will strengthen bilateral ties (updated) (November 1, 2011)
• Head of the Korean metropolia of the Patriarchate of Constantinople visits DECR (October 31, 2011)
• Orthodox believers of Thailand get ready for evacuation (October 28, 2011)
• Meeting and Appeal on flood situation in Thailand (October 22, 2011)
• Delegation of the Orthodox Committee of N. Korea is visiting the Vladivostok Diocese (October 17, 2011)
• SUMMARY: Archimandrite Feofan (Kim) will be the first Korean bishop of the ROC (October 6, 2011)
• Conference held in Buryatia on "Orthodoxy in the countries of the Asiatic-Pacific Ocean regions" (October 4, 2011)
• 5th anniversary of the consecration of Trinity Church marked in Pyongyang (August 16, 2011)
• Anniversary of Opening of Jongbaek Church Observed (August 12-13, 2011)
• An Orthodox icon-painting course launched in Pattaya, Thailand (August 5, 2011)
• Conference of "Orthodoxy in the regions of China" was held in Almaty (May 31, 2011)
• Paschal services in Vietnam (April 28, 2011)
• Patriarch Kirill to visit Japan (April 28, 2011)
• A Paschal charity opera concert was held in Pattaya (April 25, 2011)
• Opera singers from Russia will perform Paschal hymns in Thailand (April 13, 2011)
• Orthodox Church in Japan to Meet on Aid and Recovery Efforts (April 7, 2011)
• Tea instead of apples blessed in China on Transfiguration (April 6, 2011)
• IOCC, Orthodox Church in Japan to Provide Aid to Coastal Communities (March 18, 2011)
• All Orthodox priests in Japan survived (March 18, 2011)
• Russian community in Japan ready to help the needy (March 16, 2011)
• sMetropolitan Philip Appeals for Earthquake Relief in Japan (March 16, 2011)
• Metropolitan Council Charity Committee earmarks $5,000 for Japan relief efforts; Holy Synod calls for parish support (March 16, 2011)
• REPORT ABOUT THE SITUATION IN THE JAPANESE ORTHODOX CHURCH AFTER DEVASTATING QUAKE AND TSUNAMI (March 15, 2011)
• Orthodox churches on Japan's Pacific coast destroyed, communications lost - bishop (March 15, 2011)
• The Orthodox Christians of Japan ask for prayers (March 14, 2011)
• Message on the nuclear explosion at Fukushima (March 14, 2011)
• Orthodox Church in Japan Assesses Needs of Survivors, Searches for Missing Priest (March 14, 2011)
• Prayers for Victims of Japanese Earthquake (March 12, 2011)
• Friends of Indonesia - Australia: Volcano Update (March 6, 2011)
• Attack on an Orthodox Church in Java (February 25, 2011)
• Festive reception in honour of the Russian Orthodox Church delegation is held at the Russian Federation Embassy in Tokyo (October 13, 2010)
• Metropolitan Hilarion officiates at Divine Liturgy celebrated at Metochion of the Russian Orthodox Church in Tokyo (October 13, 2010)
• Thanksgiving to St Nicholas of Japan celebrated in Kyoto to mark 40th anniversary of his canonization (October 11, 2010)
• 40th anniversary of autonomous status of the Orthodox Church of Japan is celebrated in Osaka (October 10, 2010)
• Metropolitan Hilarion begins his visit to Japan (October 9, 2010)
• A group of female students from St. Tikhon's University will participate in an internship in Russian parishes in Thailand (July 1, 2010)
• Celebrations marking 110 years of Orthodoxy in Korea held in Seoul (June 1, 2010)
• Pascha celebrations in Vietnam (April 5, 2010)
• Conference on "110 years of Russian spiritual mission in Korea" will take place in Primorye (February 25, 2010)
• Russian priest three years curates Mongol ball hockey club (February 5, 2010)
• Weekly religious programs broadcast by Russian language TV in Pattaya [Thailand] (February 3, 2010)
• Primate of the Russian Church noted the importance of active development of the Orthodox presence in Asia (February 2, 2010)
• A new Orthodox church is consecrated in the Japanese city of Nagoya (January 15, 2010)
• Archbishop Hilarion leads celebrations to mark the 10th anniversary of Orthodoxy in Thailand (December 21, 2009)
• Archbishop Hilarion consecrates a Church of All Saints in Pattaya (December 21, 2009)
• Archbishop Hilarion met with Orthodox clergy of the Asia-Pacific region (December 19, 2009)
• Archbishop Hilarion celebrates Divine Liturgy at St. Nicholas's in Bangkok (December 19, 2009)
• Archbishop Hilarion arrives in Thailand (December 18, 2009)
• A new Orthodox temple is built in Thailand (November 24, 2009)
• A delegation of the Vladivostok Diocese to make a pastoral visit to Vietnam (October 30, 2009)
• Holy Trinity Parish in Ulan-Bator publishes booklets on Orthodox faith in Mongolian (October 28, 2009)
• Orthodox newspaper in Mongolian to be published in Ulan Bator (October 21, 2009)
• DECR Chairman met with Russia's ambassador to the Republic of Korea (September 23, 2009)
• Procession to be held along the border with China (July 29, 2009)
• Heterodox Christians in Bangkok received into Orthodoxy (May 4, 2009)
• Online electronic version of the Chinese Prayerbook of Bishop Gury (Karpov) is published (April 5, 2009)
• Patriarch Kirill received the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Singapore (March 23, 2009)
• Preparation of the ground for the construction of a temple in Pattaya (March 13, 2009)
• Results of the pastoral visit to Vietnam (March 13, 2009)
• An Orthodox temple to be built in Thailand (February 2-4, 2009)
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