Holy Pascha in Hong Kong (2013)
The Service of Resurrection at Saint Luke Orthodox Cathedral in Hong Kong. Christ is Risen!
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The Celebration of Holy Pascha in Hong Kong
The Orthodox Community in Hong Kong celebrated in a solemn way the Holy and Glorious Pascha. Metropolitan Nektarios of Hong Kong and South East Asia presided over the Services of Pascha on Holy Saturday evening and on Sunday of Pascha morning. The Church was filled to capacity with faithful. At the Agape Service [...]
The celebration of Holy Thursday, Holy Friday and Holy Saturday in Hong Kong
Metropolitan Nektarios of Hong Kong and South East Asia presided over the Vespers and the Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great on Holy Thursday morning; the service of Passion (12 Gospels) on Holy Thursday evening; the service of the Great and Royal Hours on Holy Friday morning; the Great Vespers of Apokathelosis (descent [...]
The Celebration of Palm Sunday in Hong Kong
The Orthodox Community in Hong Kong celebrated in a solemn way the Palm Sunday (28 April 2013). Metropolitan Nektarios of Hong Kong and South East Asia presided over the Divine Liturgy. Before the Dismissal of the Liturgy Metropolitan Nektarios blessed the Palm branches and spoke about the very instructive spiritual symbolisms of the feast.
We pray for the Victims of the Earthquake that killed 125 in Ya’an City
The Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and South East Asia is praying for the victims of the earthquake that killed 125 people in Ya’an City (Sichuan Province) and left 3,000 injured and 10,000 homeless.
We pray so that God give rest to the souls of the departed. We pray for healing for [...]
Fr.Evagoras Constantinides fell asleep in the Lord
Fr. EVAGORAS CONSTANTINIDES, a friend and great supporter and benefactor of the Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and South East Asia, fell asleep in the Lord on Sunday, April 14, 2013. He was 94 years old. May his memory be eternal.
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The Celebration of the Sunday of the Holy Cross in Hong Kong
On Sunday, 07 April, 2013, Sunday of the Holy Cross, Metropolitan Nektarios of Hong Kong and South East Asia presided over the Divine Liturgy and the Procession of the Holy and Precious Cross.
After the end of the Services Metropolitan Nektarios spoke about the spiritual meaning of the veneration of the [...]
The Celebration of the feast of the Annunciation and the Ordination of a new Presbyter
On March 25, 2013, Metropolitan Nektarios of Hong Kong and South East Asia celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation in Manila,Philippines, and ordained Deacon Gregory Latoja to the Holy Priesthood. Archimandrite Vassilios Athanasopoulos (from the Holy Metropolis of Thiva and Levadia), Archimandrite Philemon Castro and Presbyter James Doronela, [...]
The celebration of the Sunday of Orthodoxy and the Ordination of a new Deacon
On March 23-26, 2013, Metropolitan Nektarios of Hong Kong and South East Asia visited Philippines.
On Sunday, March 24, Sunday of Orthodoxy, Metropolitan Nektarios, assisted by Fr. Vassilios Athanasopoulos (from the Holy Metropolis of Thiva and Levadia) and Fr.James Doronela, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Annunciation Orthodox Cathedral, Paranaque, Manila. [...]
Argentina’s Roman Catholic Cardinal Bergoglio elected Pope
Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, the leader of a large urban archdiocese in Latin America, was elected the 266th pope and took the name Francis.
Jorge Bergoglio was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina’s capital city, Dec. 17, 1936.
He studied and received a master’s degree [...]
Theophany 2013 in Hong Kong
On Sunday, January 6, 2013, the Great Feast of Theophany was solemnly celebrated by the Orthodox faithful in Hong Kong. Metropolitan Nektarios of Hong Kong and South East Asia presided over the Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great and the Service of the Great Blessing of Waters at the Orthodox Cathedral of [...]
