Eastern Orthodoxy in Vietnam is represented by 3

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one o ...

es of the

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: one in Vung Tau, named after the icon of

Our Lady of Kazan ''Our Lady of Kazan'', also called ''Mother-of-God of Kazan'' (russian: Казанская Богоматерь, translit=Kazanskaya Bogomater'), is a holy icon of the highest stature within the Russian Orthodox Church, representing the Virgin Ma ...

, where there are many Russian-speaking employees of the Russian-Vietnamese joint venture "

Vietsovpetro Vietsovpetro, headquartered in Vung Tau, Vietnam, is a joint Russian-Vietnamese enterprise for oil and gas exploration. According to the VNR500 (Top 500) ranking, Vietsovpetro is Vietnam's 8th largest company. It was established in 1981 under ...

", and also parish of Xenia of Saint Petersburg in

Hanoi Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi is ...

and parish of Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary in Ho Chi Minh City. The earliest parish in Vung Tau was opened in 2002 with the blessing of the

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of the

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, which had been given in

Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra The Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius (russian: Тро́ице-Се́ргиева ла́вра) is the most important Russian monastery and the spiritual centre of the Russian Orthodox Church. The monastery is situated in the town of Sergiyev Pos ...

Russian Orthodox Church in Vietnam

The Chairman of Russian Orthodox Church's Department for External Church Relations Metropolitan Kirill (since 2009 Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus) was the first Russian Orthodox hierarch to visit Vietnam in November 2001. Headed by Kirill the delegation had meetings with the Russian speaking community and Vietnamese officials, and held church services in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Vung Tau (about 600 people were present) Since that time representatives of

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from time to time come to Vung Tau to conduct the

Eastern Orthodox Eastern Orthodoxy, also known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism. Like the Pentarchy of the first millennium, the mainstream (or " canonical ...

divine service. In 2007, the mission of the Russian Orthodox Church organized

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divine services in Vung Tau, General Consulate of Russia in Ho Chi Minh City and the Russian Center of science and culture in Hanoi. In April, 2010, the delegation of the foreign relations department of the Russian Orthodox Church organized and conducted regular

services in

icon parish in Vungtau. Patriarchal Exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church in South-East Asia was established on December 28, 2018, by its Holy Synod.Russian Orthodox Church official site, December 28, 2018, in English.
/ref> Included in jurisdiction of that Exarchate new Philippinian-Vietnamese eparchy (Diocese) contains 3 parishes in Vietnam: * Parish of

in Vung Tau (established in 2002), * Parish of Xenia of Saint Petersburg in Hanoi (established in 2019), * Parish of Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary in Ho Chi Minh city (established in 2019). Metropolitan of Khanty-Mansiysk and Surgut Paul (Pavel Fokin) is governing hierarch of the Philippinian-Vietnamese eparchy (by February 2020).

Other Eastern Orthodox Churches

Vietnam is also mentioned as territory under the jurisdiction of the

Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia Eastern Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia () is an Eastern Orthodox diocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. It is centred in Hong Kong and has jurisdiction over Eastern Orthodox Christians in Southeast Asia. ...

( Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople), though there is no information on its organized activities there.

References

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