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…

  The Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, in similar fashion with other Orthodox Churches around the region, announced that cathedrals and chapels around the country will remain open only for personal worship. Daily services have been cancelled, while the Divine Liturgies on Sundays and during the Feast of the Annunciation on March 25 will be…

  Archbishop Elpidophoros of America held a prayer service at the Archdiocese Chapel of St. Paul, in New York City, for the healing and remission of sickness during the ongoing escalation of COVID-19.