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Представительство проводит благотворительные акции. Например, в мае 2014 года на о. Самуи в школе Баан Хад Нгам р-на Чавенг при поддержке местной общины храма Вознесения Господня и представителей российского бизнес сообщества состоялась благотворительная акция "Поможем детям Самуи". Школе были переданы канцелярские товары, принадлежности для творчества, книги для библиотеки из серии мировой классической литературы на английском и тайском языках, спортивный инвентарь.
Также была оказана материальная помощь в оплате питания для всех школьников, а лучшие ученики получили денежные вознаграждения. Учителям были подарены, переведенные Представительством Русской Православной Церкви (Московский Патриархат) на тайский язык, Закон Божий под редакцией прот. Серафима Слободского и История Христианской Церкви, свежий номер газеты "Таиланд Православный", в которой имеется информационное приложение для тайцев.
Благотворительная акция была приурочена к юбилею 700-летия со дня рождения прп. Сергия Радонежского.5
5 Благотворительная акция на о. Самуи в школе Baan Had Ngam. www.orthodox.or.th/index.php?content=news (дата обращения 24.07.2014 года).
Благотворительность Представительства является и откликом на беды Таиланда. Так 18 октября 2011 года Комитет Фонда Православной Церкви в Таиланде на своем заседании в присутствии Представителя Русской Православной Церкви в Королевстве Таиланд Архимандрита Олега (Черепанина), а также ряда приглашенных экспертов заслушал информацию о ситуации с наводнением в Таиланде и обсудил меры возможного участия в оказании помощи пострадавшим.
По итогам обсуждения единогласно было решено:
1.Создать рабочую группу по оказанию помощи пострадавшим от наводнения в составе:
• архимандрит Олег (Черепанин), Представитель Русской Православной Церкви в Королевстве Таиланд – председатель группы;
• иерей Данай (Даниил) Ванна, Председатель Комитета Фонда Православной Церкви в Таиланде – заместитель председателя рабочей группы;
• иеродиакон Серафим (Рачеа) – член рабочей группы;
• Иван Мороз, помощник Представителя Русской Православной Церкви в Таиланде – секретарь рабочей группы;
• Промтхида (Параскева) Чаксхуракса – юристконсульт рабочей группы.
2. Возложить на рабочую группу организацию и координацию работы по оказанию помощи пострадавшим от наводнения.
3. Выделить одноразово на оказание помощи пострадавшим от наводнений сумму в размере 60,000 таиландских бат.
4. Призвать все приходы Православной Церкви в Таиланде поддержать материально данное начинание Фонда Православной Церкви в Таиланде".6
6 Решение Комитета Фонда Православной Церкви в Таиланде о помощи пострадавшим от наводнения в Таиланде (ноябрь 2011) http://www.orthodox.or.th/index.php?content=documents&lang=ru (дата обращения 04.08.2014 года)
Вся эта деятельность и общественная активность способствуют формированию положительного образа Представительства в глазах представителей государства и общества Королевства Таиланд.
Карта Королевства Таиланд.
Map of the Kingdom of Thailand.
Обложка книги протоиерея Серафима Слободского "Закон Божий" на тайском языке.
Book cover of the Dean Seraphim Slobodskoy "The Law of God" in Thai.
§ 2. The interaction of the Representation with the state and the society of Thailand
Freedom and religious rights have always been among the rights and freedoms of the people of Thailand, as determined in the Constitution. Here you can quote the article 25 of the Constitution of the Kingdom Thailand (1978):
"Everyone has complete freedom to profess any religion, any religious denomination or religious principle and to worship in accordance with his religious beliefs, provided that it is not contrary to his civic duties, public order or public morality".
"By the realization of the freedoms listed in the first paragraph each person should be protected from any action by the state, which limits his rights and harm his interests on the basis of what that the religion, the religious denomination or the religious principle he professed, or worship in accordance with his faith, different from others".
In addition, the criminal code of Thailand includes three sections in order to prevent any action that may offend the sacred religious object, place, or create disturbances at any religious meeting, or illegal use of symbolism, simulating a monk or a priest:
"The article 206. A person who has committed any action on the object or place of religious worship of any community so that probably offends religion, regardless of the means used, shall be punished by imprisonment for the term from one year up to seven years or with a fin from two thousand to fourteen thousand baht or with both".
"The article 207. A person who caused the mess to a lawful Assembly, performing religious rites or ceremonies, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or by a fine in the amount of two thousand baht or both".
"The article 208. A person using illegally clothing or symbols representing him as a Buddhist monk or a novice, an ascetic or a priest of any religion, with the goal of convincing the other person that he is such a person shall be punished by imprisonment of up to one year or a fine of up to two thousand baht or with both.
There is no discrimination on the religious grounds to accept or appoint any person to any post in the government or state enterprise, including candidates for Parliament or local municipality throughout the country".1
1 The extracts from the laws of Thailand on religion // Oleg (Cherepanin), the Abbot. The history of Christianity in Thailand. Bangkok, 2008. P. 211 – 212.
The national identification card (the internal "passport" of Thais) is an indication of the religion. Citizens have the right not to specify it. The Constitution of Thailand prohibits discrimination against citizens on the grounds of differences in religion". Though the King, as a symbol of unity of the nation, should be a Buddhist, he is the patron of all religions in the Kingdom in accordance with the Constitution of the country".2
2 Oleg (Cherepanin), Abbot. The mentioned work. P. 229.
Due to the nature of the Church order of Representation associated with the legislation of the Kingdom, the regulator of economic parish life, as well as funding the strategic objectives for the development of Orthodoxy in the country, is the Fund of the Orthodox Church in Thailand. Every parish in Thailand formed the parish councils, which operate in coordination with the Fund and with its direct participation.
The Fund was registered by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand on the 20th of June, 2008 as a Thai public organization with the objectives of promoting the development of Orthodoxy in the country, the implementation of catechetical, educational and social activities, along with financial and business operations of the Orthodox Church in Thailand. The Fund operates on the basis of the legislation of the Kingdom and of the Memorandum of jurisdictional appurtenance, confirming the jurisdictional rights of the Moscow Patriarchate for all Orthodox institutions of Thailand.
The property of the Fund of the Orthodox Church in Thailand included the following property at the end of 2013: the plot of land with the area of 1140 m² in Bangkok, on which was completed the construction of the St. Nicholas Church and the building of the Representation; the plot of land with the area of 320 m² with the building of the All Saints Church and the plot with the area of 196 m² and the building of Pokrovsky temple in Pattaya, Chonburi province, the plot with area of 4228 m² with the complex, which includes the building of the Trinity Church, the building of the Nicolas chapel, a bell-tower, a house of the priest, a warehouse, a lodge in Phuket; the plot with the area of 541,6 m² with the building of the Holy Ascension Church on the island Samui, Suratthani province; the plot of land in Ratchaburi with the area of 8740 m² on which monastery complex is located, which includes the building of the Church of the Assumption, the Iberian chapel, superior rooms, 5 monastic cells, the belfry, the Holy gate and the storage; pots in Huahin and on the island Chang.
The Church property in Thailand is protected by chanotamis (testimonies for the property with the highest degree of reliability). The Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church in Thailand is studying the possibility to enter changes in the statutory documents of the fund, fixing property and administrative rights of the Moscow Patriarchate.3 The Representation interacts with the Thai police; the cooperation of the Director and the Confessor of the Representation with the International Police Association and the member of it – the Russian police Association – aids to it. It was shot from a grenade launcher on a police cordon in the city of Bangkok during the police crackdown on antigovernment protests of the part of the citizens of Thailand in opposition.
3 The report on the live and work of the Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church in Thailand for 2013.