The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America has released a statement to the faithful regarding church attendance and best practices during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the full text below:   As Orthodox Christians, we are united in the sacraments and our teachings, but as human beings we are also united…

H. E. Archbishop Elpidophoros of America sent a letter to H. E. Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco regarding the Divine Services during the coronavirus pandemic. The letter was published on the official website of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco. His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco says:   Beloved in the Lord, May…

We must embrace the change. It is pointless to continuously resist. We must cut off our will in front of others. God in His goodness has arranged things perfectly, so that with our gifts, we can help each other, and with our faults, we can be humbled by each other. For every person has some…

  Brother hierarchs and beloved children in the Lord, From the Phanar, from the heart of the Queen of Cities, from the City of the Great Church and of Haghia Sophia, we are communicating with each and every one of you – women, men, and children – because of the unprecedented conditions and tribulation that…

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As this Coronavirus crisis continues to spread and intensify on a global scale, the Ecumenical Patriarchate is monitoring the situation with an urgent sense of responsibility towards its faithful and all people without exception, and, following the Communiqué of 11 March 2020, upon deliberation of its Hierarchs in the City, announces the following: 1) The…

Wayne, West Virgina, March 18, 2020 As Orthodox parishes continue to severely reduce their liturgical schedules or close altogether, a number of monasteries and parishes have begun offering livestreams of their services for the faithful to join them in prayer from home. Among them is Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, West Virginia of the Russian…

  A team of specialists briefed the Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Irinej, over the ongoing pandemic, with a later announcement by the Patriarchate calling on the faithful to strictly follow guidelines and directives issued by state officials and public health authorities. On the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, the Metropolitan of Limassol, His Eminence…

Moscow-area parishes, in cooperation with social workers, are organizing the delivery of food stuffs and medicines to elderly people stranded in their homes. At the same time, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, approved of a series of measures to disinfect cathedrals, chapels, monasteries and all Church properties in the vast…