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Eastern Orthodox Church in Thailand

Field	Value
name	Orthodox Church in Thailand
local	ศาสนจักรออร์โธดอกซ์ในประเทศไทย
image	St.Nicholas Cathedral Bangkok.jpg
caption	St.Nicholas Cathedral in Bangkok
sui_iuris_church	Autonomous church of Eastern Orthodoxy under the omophorion of the Russian Orthodox Church
denomination	Eastern Orthodox
headquarters	Bangkok, Thailand
territory	Thailand
language	Russian, Thai and English
population	estimated
website

Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Thailand has been represented since 1999 by the Representative Office of the Russian Orthodox Church, including the Orthodox parish of Saint Nicolas in Bangkok (Russian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate).

Russian Orthodox church

The mission is headed by Father (Archimandrite) Oleg Cherepanin (2008) and serves Russian tourists or citizens in Thailand, local believers of Thai origin and people of other nationalities, including Romanians, Greeks, French.

Besides the main parish of St. Nicholas Cathedral in Bangkok, there are several Russian Orthodox communes including:

Holy Trinity Church in Phuket
All Saints Church in Pattaya
Protection of Mother of God Church in Pattaya
Dormition of the Mother of God Monastery in Ratchaburi Province
The Holy Ascension Church in Ko Samui, Surat Thani Province
St. Sergius of Radonezh Church in Ko Chang Trat Province
St. Vladimir Church in Chiang Mai
Holy Royal Martyrs Church in Hua Hin
St. Seraphim of Sarov in Ko Pha-ngan Surat Thani Province

Orthodox Church of the Holy Ascension on Samui island

The mission of Russian Orthodox Church since its establishment translated into Thai language the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, the Orthodox Book of prayer and the book about the history of Russian Orthodox Church. In July 2008, the representative office of Russian Orthodox Church was officially registered by Thailand authorities as foundation the Orthodox Christian Church in Thailand.

In November 2007, Father Oleg Cherepanin took part in ecumenical pilgrimage of trust in Bangkok's Assumption Cathedral. Among those present were religious leaders of Roman Catholic Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Thailand, Church of Christ in Thailand, Russian Orthodox Church and young people from Laos, Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia who came specially for the prayer.

The year 2009 was marked by the visit to Thailand of the Russian Orthodox Church delegation headed by Archbishop Hilarion to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Orthodoxy in the country.

References

''Тайская миссия (Thai Mission), by Elena Batueva, Educational Orthodox Society "Russia in colors" in Jerusalem, in Russian''
"Официальный веб-сайт Православной Церкви в Таиланде (Московский Патриархат)".
''Православная Церковь получила государственную регистрацию в Таиланде, "Pravoslavie.RU" Portal, July 2008, in Russian''
''Pilgrimage of trust in Bangkok: 2007, Taize Home Page, November 2007''
''Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk completes his visit to Thailand with laying the foundation of the Holy Trinity Church in Phuket, Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, News Archive - December 2009''

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