Six Filipinos were baptized into the Russian Orthodox Churchtranslated

In the city of Cebu, Republic of the Philippines, six local residents were baptized into the Russian Orthodox Church.

The Sacrament of Baptism at the Russian parish in Cebu was performed on October 24, 2026, according to the website of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese.

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At baptism, the new members of the Russian Orthodox Church received the following names: Alexander, Augustine, Benedict, Mael, Macarius and Moses.

The diocese noted that the youngest of the newly baptized are 15 years old, “but they have already studied Orthodoxy almost at the seminary level.”

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