The Orthodoxia News Agency continues to post features and videos on the pilgrimage sites and sacred paths in Jerusalem, given that this Holy Easter season is unprecedented due to the pandemic, meaning that pilgrims cannot freely arrive and worship in the Holy City.

The ritual of the Washing of Feet was again held on Holy and Great Thursday, according to the ancient rites was again held at the semi-autonomous monastic community of Mt. Athos, in northern Greece. The entire Vatopedi brotherhood watched as the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, washed…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Holy Thursday officiated at the service of the Holy Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ at the Fanar-district Patriarchate. In keeping with the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s tradition, His All Holiness read out the reference of the first of the 12 Gospels. The Patriarchal cathedral of…

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Today is Good Friday of Holy and Great Easter. According to the Hebrew custom, the “Royal Hours,” four in number, are read at this time. These services, based on the Orthodox liturgy, consist of hymns, psalms, and readings from the Old and New Testaments, all related prophetically and ethically to the Person of Christ. In…

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The Greek government’s top coordinator and spokesman on dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, infectious diseases professor Sotiris Tsiodras, devoted time from his daily briefing on Thursday to refer to the essence of experiencing faith, referring directly to a pilgrimage he once made to Mount Athos and his conversation with an Elder Monk. “When, some 30…

Today is Thursday of Holy and Great Easter Week. In the evening, which was the eve of the feast of unleavened bread, in other words Passover, our Redeemer supped with His 12 disciples in the Holy City of Jerusalem. He blessed the bread and the wine, and gave us the Mystery of the Divine Eucharist….

In a Patriarchal Encyclical on Holy Pascha, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, noted that the serious coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated how fragile man is, emphasizing that faith in Christ gives man strength, patience and resilience. His All Holiness stressed that “… It is difficult to remain human without the hope of eternity….