The Romanian Patriarchate has also issued an encyclical on the holding of services during Easter Holy Week, reminding that worshipers cannot be present in cathedrals and chapels. Additionally, the Church said the sacrament of confession can be conducted only within a private residence, and with the attending cleric taking all prescribed sanitary precautions. Similarly, the…

The Russian Orthodox Church’s Department for Church Charity and Social Ministry this week issued a plea for food donations to deal with what it says is a sharp increase in the number of homeless in the vast country, a development that comes amid the pandemic. The Russian Church has already organized 90 homeless shelters, along…

Τhe Ecumenical Patriarch on Wednesday spoke by phone with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with the latter thanking His All Holiness for the donations on the part of the Patriarchate, Metropolises, affiliated foundations and private citizens of the Orthodox faith towards a fundraising drive in Turkey to collect funds for use against the pandemic. READ…

The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople on Wednesday issued an encyclical announcing that all services, as of the Saturday of Lazarus, on April 11, will be conducted at one cathedral per archdiocese and metropolis under the Archdiocese of Constantinople’s jurisdiction, and of course, without the presence of worshipers. The Ecumenical Patriarchate added that live-streaming of services…

The much-anticipated ceremony for the lighting of the Holy Flame at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem will be broadcast live this month, an annual miracle that occurs on Holy and Great Saturday – a devotional and joyous occasion that brings hope, comfort and encouragement to Orthodox faithful around the world – especially…

The Church today venerates the memory of the Holy Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea, who lived during the reign of Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate. He received the crown of martyrdom by beheading in the year 362 for destroying a pagan temple.

Today, Her Excellency, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, the President of the Hellenic Republic, called His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America. His Eminence briefed the President on the situation of COVID-19 in the USA and specifically in New York City, which is still the epicenter of the pandemic in the United States. He also discussed the impact of…

The Youth Office of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain has issued the following announcement. Read the full text down below: Our Archdiocese’s Youth Office, with the blessing and support of His Eminence, our Archbishop Nikitas, is in the process of re-establishing our Youth Ministry, and in these particularly difficult days, concentrating…

His Eminence Metropolitan Evangelos of New Jersey has issued a message regarding Holy Week 2020. Read the full text down below: The Very Reverend and Reverend Clergy Esteemed Members of the Metropolitan Council, Esteemed Members of the Parish Councils, Philoptochos Sisterhood, Faculty and Students of the Catechetical and Greek Afternoon Schools, Directors and Participants of…