Two churches, a synagogue, and a traffic police post were attacked on Sunday, leaving many dead, including Archpriest Nikolai Kotelnikov, 66, and a church guard named Mikhail Vavilin.
A host of hierarch, clerics, monastics, and faithful gathered yesterday to celebrate the name’s day of the primate of the canonical and persecuted Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
The hierarch of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church who was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for allegedly supporting the Russian war in Ukraine and inciting religious enmity has been released and left Ukraine.
Simeon (Tran Le Thanh Tri)
Orthodox Christianity in Vietnam is not merely a religious alternative but a path marked by its emphasis on love and spiritual growth, resonating deeply in a society navigating rapid economic and social change.
Locals have established an impromptu memorial to the Orthodox priest who was brutally slain in the terrorist attacks on Sunday.