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Orthodox Christianity in Thailand is presented by the Representative Office of Russian Orthodox Church (since 1999), including the Orthodox parish of Saint Nicolas in Bangkok (Soi Wachiratham Sathit 36,Phrakanong, Bangkok), Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, and Coptic Orthodox Church.〔''Thailand Region News, The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Sydney''〕 ==Russian Orthodox Church== The mission is headed by Father (Archimandrite) Oleg Cherepanin (by 2008 information) and serves Russian tourists or citizens in Thailand, local believers of Thai origin〔''Тайская миссия (Thai Mission), by Elena Batueva, Educational Orthodox Society "Russia in colors" in Jerusalem, in Russian''〕 and people of other nationalities, including Romanians, Greeks, French. Besides main parish of Saint Nicholas' Chapel in Bangkok, there are several Russian Orthodox communes including: * Parish in the name of Holy Life-Giving Trinity on Phuket island, * Parish in the name of All Saints in Chonburi province, * Parish in the name of Holy Dormition, Rachatburi province, * The Holy Ascension parish in Samui island, Surat Thani province, * Parish in the name of Saint Sergius of Radonezh on Chang 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 Orthodox Christian Church in Thailand.〔''Православная Церковь получила государственную регистрацию в Таиланде, "Pravoslavie.RU" Portal, July 2008, in Russian''〕 In November 2007, Father Oleg Cherepanin took part in ecumenical Pilgrimage of trust in Bangkok’s Assumption Cathedral. Among the present were religious leaders of Roman Catholic Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Thailand, Church of Christ in Thailand, Russian Orthodox Church and also the young people from Laos, Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia who came specially for the prayer.〔''Pilgrimage of trust in Bangkok: 2007, Taize Home Page, November 2007''〕 The year of 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.〔A''rchbishop 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''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Orthodoxy in Thailand」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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