On Sunday March 30/April 12, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of Palm Sunday, as it is written in the contrite Triodion, as the commemoration of the triumphant entrance of our Lord Jesus Christ in Jerusalem before His Passion, seated on an ass, while the children of the Jews laid down their garments welcoming Him…

On Lazarus’ Saturday March 29/ April 11, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the resurrection from the dead by our Lord Jesus Christ of His friend Lazarus, who was dead for four days, in testimony of the common resurrection as the troparion of the feast says. This event was celebrated: In Lazarus’ hometown Bethany, at the Nunnery…

His Beatitude The Patriarch Of Jerusalem Theophilos III has issued his Easter 2020 Message. Read the full text down below:   THEOPHILOS III By the mercy of God Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and all Palestine for all the congregation of the Church, grace, mercy and peace from the All-holy and Life-giving Tomb…

“The days of the pandemic, in our country and in the world, are like a long Holy Week. Τhis is felt everywhere, in the empty streets and in our houses, in our minds and hearts,” President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou posted on Monday on Facebook. “But the mourning of these days, as taught…

This Easter will be different, without any travelling, gatherings or attendance of churches, government spokesperson Stelios Petsas reiterated during Monday’s press briefing. “No complacency, no relaxation [of effort] can be allowed. If we ease up, we will pay for it,” he said. He underlined that it was important to follow the instructions of the experts…

Main opposition SYRIZA on Monday accused the government of “doublespeak” regarding the curbs imposed on the Church due to coronavirus and of ‘petty political’ games at the expense of the citizens’ sacrifices. In an announcement, the party deplored “the tragic images of citizens receiving Holy Communion in churches in the midst of the pandemic,” and…

Charges of violating laws to contain the coronavirus have been drawn up against the Metropolitan of Corfu , the mayor of central Corfu, Meropi Idreou, the president of the municipal council, Dimitris Metallinos, and all those that attended the service at the Church of Aghios Spyridon, against the orders of the Holy Synod. Corfu prosecutor…

The head of a 1,000-year-old Orthodox monastery that became a hotspot for coronavirus infections in Kiev said he had underestimated the gravity of the pandemic and that measures had now been introduced to curb the spread of the disease. Metropolitan Pavel heads the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, the headquarters of the Russian-backed wing of the Ukrainian…

Watch the broadcast of the Service of Matins of Great Wednesday from the Annunciation Church, Piraeus, Greece: