Church-affiliated volunteers who help vulnerable persons during the coronavirus crisis will receive disposable coveralls made by the tailor shops of the Archdiocese of Bucharest. According to a statement by the Social-Philanthropic Department of the Romanian Patriarchate on Monday, the Archdiocese’s tailor workshop ‘Reverenda’ and the embroidery workshop ‘Altarul’ have already made 30 disposable gowns. They…

It is undoubtedly the most vexing period of mankind globally in reflection to our connection to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Just like a thief in the night, the human race was obliviously attacked by an invisible but very disastrous calamity, the Corona Virus, leading to implementation of abrupt precautionary measures all in the…

Holy Unction during pandemic is one of the most necessary services, however it seems that it is performed much less than it should. Below you will read some miracles tied to the mystery of Holy Unction. The mystery of holy unction (or Anointing of the Sick) provides both physical and spiritual healing with holy oil…

CONSTANTINOPLE – His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew expressed his fraternal wishes to his Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece for good health and a speedy recovery. Archbishop Ieronymos underwent a successful operation on Saturday April 4 at the Onassis Cardiac Centre in Kallithea, a suburb of Athens. Specifically, the doctors installed a…

This pandemic is not a chance occurrence allowed by God, but a sign of the times; it is a fruit of Divine indignation, as man is doing not what is natural, what is reasonable, but what is absurd and abnormal. Imagine how dismayed the Holy Spirit is, and how God the Father, again in His…

Pemptousia, Orthodoxia News Agency stress need to unite our voices, strengthen presence of Orthodox world amid pandemic The editors and staff of both the online magazine Pemptousia, which focuses on Orthodoxy, scholarly research and culture, as well as the Orthodoxia News Agency have become aware of the crucial need for all of us to unite…

JERUSALEM  – Israelis who have beards for religious reasons will get the option of custom-made face masks to protect them from the coronavirus rather than being told to shave, a government official said on Monday. As part of measures to combat the epidemic, Israeli authorities last week told people to cover their mouths and noses…

Reverend Fathers, Honourable Presidents and Esteemed Members of the Boards of Directors, Members of the Philoptochos Societies, Teachers, Students and Youth Members of the Communities, and to the Entire Plenitude of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada IN RELATION TO HOLY WEEK AND EASTER Beloved in the Lord, In all my previous encyclicals regarding the…

  One hundred Orthodox cantors from around Romania united their voices in supplication to the Panaghia, the Blessed Virgin Mary, for deliverance from the pandemic. The supplication, conducted via the Internet, was an initiative by Arch-Deacon Michail Buka. The ancient and sublime hymn “Ti Ipermaho”, or “Champion”, was chanted in its entirety during the 5th…