On the year 2012 in Trece Martires City, Cavite begun to spread out the Orthodox faith through Rev.
Petrus and became a Parish priest of the said Church after his been ordained on February 15, 2015, by Metropolitan Paul Saliba.
Melchizedek Alberto F. Batac continued the mission at Tanza Cavite and spread out the Orthodox Faith, with the help of President of the Urban Poor Federation Founder in Tanza Cavite, Ms. Mary Merly D. Rada and all officers of the said Organization.
On November 5, 2007, the congregation of the Missionary Servants and Handmaids of St. Francis of Assisi, Inc. applied to join the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand.
On February 28, 2008, the mission was accepted in principle by Metropolitan Archbishop Paul Saliba, Primate of Australia, together with Pentecostal Bishop Jeptah Aniceto, now the Vicar of the Davao Vicariate.
Archbishop Paul ordained the Archpriest Yitzhak Pascualito D. Monsanto as the first Antiochian Orthodox priest in the Philippines and elevated him to the rank of Archpriest for the Manila Vicariate and designated as Senior Vicar, and will also cover the Davao Vicariate, which is located at Panacan City, Davao.
He also ordained into Methodius Carlito R. Rafanan, a former Roman Catholic priest of the Societas Verbi Divini (SVD, or Divine Word Missionaries) priest); to the priesthood; Ulrico Carlos G. Cabubas to the diaconate; and Abundio J. Delim, Jr., Michael A. Monsanto, Divino Z. Pedraza to the sub-diaconate.
From May 23 to 26, 2008 Archbishop Paul traveled to Davao City with Vicar Yitzhak Pascualito D. Monsanto to ordain convert Pentecostal Bishop Jeptah Aniceto as the third Antiochian orthodox priest in the Philippines and elevated him to archpriest for the Davao Vicariate.
[citation needed] In 2009 Jeptah Aniceto left the Antiochian Church to pursue native religious teaching in Africa.