In the Middle East, the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, with the blessing of the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theophilos III, donated 65,000 euros to Jordan’s health ministry, in order to aid efforts in that country to prevent a Covid-19 outbreak.     Halfway around the world, the Holy Metropolis of Korea called on…

As first reported on Thursday, the St. Catherine Sacred Monastery of the God-Trodden Mt. Sinai announced that it will close to pilgrims and visitors until March 31. Back in southeast Europe, the Archbishop of Craiova, His Eminence Irineos, conveyed a message of hope and optimism to the Metropolis’ faithful, in the face of the Covid-19…

The world’s Orthodox Churches, hierarchs, clerics and elders remain particularly active in global efforts to provide encouragement, hope and comfort to the faithful, and all humanity, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, while at the same time repeatedly stressing the necessity of following guidelines and directives to reduce exposure to the virus. Monks and nuns in…

On Friday, March 20 at noon, the Holy Synod will hold a meeting to discuss issues related to the COVID-19 outbreak. On Thursday, on the website of the Patriarchate of Georgia, a statement was published, urging the Georgian society to wait for the official announcements from the Holy Synod. “Because of the coronavirus epidemic, in…

In the 3rd Century, a pandemic swept across Italy, Africa, and the Western Roman Empire. In retrospective examination, some scholars believe it was the Ebola virus. At its height, this pandemic killed more than 5,000 people every day in Rome. Some cities had their population wiped out by more than 60 percent. During the pandemic,…

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(MENAFN – Jordan News Agency) Amman – The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem announced a donation of JD50,000 to the Ministry of Health to assist in national efforts to control the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jordan, Christoforos Attallah, said this donation came “with the blessing of…

Israeli authorities have closed the borders for all foreign nationals, except those with permanent residency in the country or the West Bank, an ominous development exactly one month before before Holy and Great Easter.

Following a decision by the Ecumenical Patriarchate to close cathedrals and monasteries under its jurisdiction, the monasteries on Mt. Athos on Thursday, according to exclusive reports by the Orthodoxia news agency, decided to close the monastic community to outside pilgrims and visitors. The decision, reports state, came after a briefing by the community’s civil governor…