His Eminence Porfirije, Serbian Metropolitan of Zagreb and Ljubljana, issued the following statement: “None temptation comes alone. At this moment, when the whole world is trying to cope with the corona virus, Zagreb has experienced an earthquake this morning. As far as I know, there are no victims among our faithful, but there is certainly…

Many ask us what the causes of the pandemic COVID-19 are, if it is a natural phenomenon, or if there are state-level actors who generated this epidemic. We need to understand that this way of thinking is distorted. Don’t blame others We must first think why perfect God has allowed this to happen to us. Nothing is…

His Eminence Archbishop Sotirios of Canada has released his 3rd Encyclical regarding the coronavirus outbreak. Read the full text below:   March 20, 2020 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…

His Eminence Archbishop Sotirios of Canada has issued his 2nd Encyclical regarding coronavirus outbreak. Read the full text below:   Reverend Fathers, Honorable Presidents and Esteemed Members of the Boards of Directors of the Communities of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada Beloved in the Lord, In my Encyclical dated 13/03/2020 on the issue of…

My Blessed and Beloved Christians, Only God knows why we are going through this grave tribulation of the coronavirus. Perhaps because of the unfaithfulness of the world. Perhaps on account of our own little faith. Let us not dwell on this. We will leave it in God’s hands. As long as we remain in this…

Given Romania’s state of emergency due to the new coronavirus epidemic, the Romanian Patriarchate calls for responsibility, temperance and solidarity. The Romanian Patriarchate urges all priests of the Romanian Orthodox Church to implement with realism, lucidity and confidence the measures imposed by the state authorities, which temporarily affect the Church’s liturgical life. These regulations aim…

The Chancellery of the Holy Synod Wednesday, March 18, 2020, published a set of updated guidelines for all parishes and monasteries within the Romanian Patriarchate in compliance with the new measures announced by the Romanian Minister of Internal Affairs to prevent infection with coronavirus. All parishes and monasteries have to respect the measures ordered by…

“​To refuse the Eucharistic spoon as a source of infection is totally unacceptable,” the Holy Synod announced after the meeting today. As Metropolitan Andrew (Gvazava) of Gori and Ateni stated after the regular plenary session of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Georgia, the rite of receiving Holy Eucharist will not be changed….

“No change will be made in the rite of the Holy Communion due to the coronavirus outbreak,” Holy Synod of the Georgian Orthodox Church said after the meeting on March 20. On Friday, March 20, the Holy Synod held a meeting to discuss issues related to the COVID-19 outbreak. The meeting, the main topic of…