Jerusalem 28-3-2020 Following the noble initiative of His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan, Hashemite Custodian of the Islamic and Christian Holy Sites in the Holy Land, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III, today exempted all tenants of properties of the Orthodox Church within the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem…

Romania’s National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Prof. Dr Matei Balș” thanked all those who have shown their willingness to support the institute with donations in money, food, sanitary materials and protective equipment amid Covid-19 outbreak. ‘Thanks to the Romanian Patriarchate for the material and spiritual support,’ the Matei Balș Institute of Infectious Diseases in Bucharest…

I. Introduction It is time to serve the Lord §1 The Orthodox Church understands the human person as having been created in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:26). To be made in God’s image is to be made for free and conscious communion and union with God in Jesus Christ, inasmuch as we…

Why do we need to pray? For this, we need to understand that the first thing we need is the healing of the distortion of our will and, connected to this, the healing of our loneliness. Our will is distorted because it continually tries to seek perfection outside of God. In fact, this is the…

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In another corner of the world, the Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, issued a new encyclical to the Archdiocese’s clerics in the vast island continent. Makarios said guidelines issued by the Australian government call on cathedrals to remain closed to worshippers, with services and the Divine Liturgies to be celebrated only by a priest…

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov this week emphasized that only the Lord can deliver man from this pandemic, while also saying he cannot order the closing of churches.

Greece’s deputy citizens’ protection minister, Lefteris Economou, spoke by Skype with the Orthodoxia News Agency this week, answering questions on the safeguarding of Greece’s land and sea borders amid the coronavirus pandemic, in tandem with a resurgent migrant crisis faced by the country on its eastern borders. He added that the public should respect and…

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, addressed a message to the Greek Orthodox flock in the United States, which was broadcast over social media. In his message, Elpidophoros called on the faithful to remain in their residence, to be careful and to pray.