2010-11-07

On November 7, 2010, a large delegation of Serbs visited the Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God in the territory of the Russian Embassy in China. Representatives of the Embassy of Serbia in the PRC and the Association of Friends of Serbia became acquainted with the exposition of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in China, the parish library. During the trip, the rector of the church, the priest Sergey Voronin, told about the history of the Holy Orthodox Church, the present situation of Orthodoxy in China, the parish life restored in 2009, the Dormition Church, and answered numerous questions from visitors.

In the afternoon of May 18, 2010, at a local Russian restaurant at Dongzhimen Neidajie, Nelson Mitrophan Chin, president of the Orthodox Fellowship of All Saints of China was introduced to Rev. Sergiy Voronin, rector of the Orthodox Community of the Dormition at the Russian embassy by Archpriest Dionisy Pozdnyaev, rector of Sts Peter and Paul's Church in Hong Kong. Mitrophan conveyed his congratulatons to Fr Sergiy in his new role as rector of the Dormition Church now allowing for regular divine services.