In the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, patience is a virtue, said the Health Ministry’s coronavirus spokesman and infectious diseases professor Sotiris Tsiodras on Monday evening. Speaking at the televised daily briefing on the pandemic’s development, he said “ we will wait patiently, any prediction is uncertain,” but he added that mathematical models currently show…

In keeping with CDC guidelines and restrictions on large gatherings by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology will not hold its traditional graduation exercises on May 9, as had been planned prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, following the example of many other academic institutions throughout the United…

The Ecumenical Patriarchate has issued an update regarding the suspension of all ecclesiastical rites and events due to CONVID-19. Read the full announcement below: Communiqué With the Communiqué of 18 March, the Ecumenical Patriarchate announced the decision to suspend all ecclesiastical rites and events within its territory, until the end of the month, as well…

On March 30, 2020, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America announced the postponement of the Apostolic Visit of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the United States due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. The visit will be rescheduled after consulting with the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization in order to ensure the health…

In times of trial, people draw closer to God, which is why God also has to allow such trials, in times when mankind settles onto the wrong path. In these times, people seek more help from above, and they wonder, worried about the future, what God is saying. Because of people’s anxieties and prayers, God…

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  In the faroff Philippines, Father Gregorios joined young people from the Orthodox parish of the Annunciation, in the Paranake district of Manilla, in delivering rice to 46 families in need.

  The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, during his sermon on Sunday referred to the significance of fasting during the Great Lent, stressing that fasting means withdrawing from material pleasures in order to become richer in spiritual goods.

  The Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theophilos III, announced that the Patriarchate will suspend lease payments for all properties it rents within Jerusalem’s Old Quarter.