Orthodox Church in the Philippines sees amazing growth

(ROC-The Philippines) - With great joy and gladness, we announce the reception through a mass baptism the parish and catechumens from St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church. Photos taken during the mass baptism last August 21, 2015, Friday, of the newly accepted St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church in Ladol, Alabel, Sarangani Province, Philippines. A total of 239 catechumens are baptized including two Aglipayan (Philippine Independent Catholic Church) "bishops" and four Aglipayan "priests". Aglipayan "bishop" Esteban Valmera was baptized as STEFAN; Aglipayan "bishop Rogelio Ringor was baptized as GREGORY; Aglipayan priest Elieser Delfin was baptized as ELEASAR; Aglipayan priest Dioscoro Bergado was baptized as Alexy; Aglipayan priest John Collado was baptized as Timothy and Aglipayan priest Renato Buniel was baptized as ROMANUS.

Also baptized during this event are the five candidates for seminary in Russia. The baptism was performed by Fr. Kirill Sckharboul and Fr. George Maximov after the almost two years of Orthodox catechisms. This parish formerly serve as the Aglipayan Cathedral where Aglipayan bishop have his See. NOW, it becomes as the 4th Parish of the Moscow Patriarchate in the Philippines.

With this event, it marks a new stage, a series of mass baptism of 29 parishes from different parts of Mindanao is expected in the following weeks. Many years to the newly baptized Orthodox Christians!

Comments

  1. TriggstarAugust 27, 2015 at 4:20 PM

    Yes, but is it the canonical Orthodox Church in the Philippines?

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    1. Byzantine, TXAugust 27, 2015 at 4:23 PM

      There are four canonical groups in the Philippines. The Moscow Patriarchate, the Antiochians, ROCOR, and the Greeks.

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  2. HabashiAugust 27, 2015 at 7:13 PM

    More colonialism by "orthodox canonical" churches who can't even agree to form one united jurisdiction anywhere outside their own lands. I guess the "bishops" and "priests" will settle in for awhile and then like most groups will split from their "orthodox canonical" overlords.

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  3. The Anti-GnosticAugust 28, 2015 at 10:49 AM

    Orthodox and Catholic ecclesiologies are frozen in the Early Medieval period, and no longer track the facts on the ground. But nobody has any idea how to unravel the knot.

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  4. UnknownJuly 10, 2016 at 5:05 PM

    I think these people they baptized were Catholics.

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    1. UnknownSeptember 2, 2016 at 5:50 PM

      No they were from the Philippine Independent Church, which is also called the Aglipayan Church. That was an attempt at a national denomination formed as a result of our country's revolution against the Spanish Empire in 1898.

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  5. UnknownFebruary 22, 2020 at 1:25 PM

    orthodox is the true and only christian church in the world...the catholic church is in massive decline for many reasons that we all now...

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