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Patriarch Kirill hat in der Corona-Pandemie zu einer Rückbesinnung auf den Glauben aufgerufen. Alle müssten darüber nachdenken, was diese globale Seuche bedeute, sagte er bei der wegen der Corona-Schutzmaßnahmen nicht-öffentlichen Göttlichen Liturgie zum Fest Mariä Verkündigung (nach Julianischem Kalender) in der Moskauer Erlöserkathedrale. Es handle sich um eine tiefgehende Krise, es werde von jedem Einzelnen abhängen, ob es durch diese Krise zu einer Wandlung zum Besseren oder zum Schlechtere…

Auch die Orthodoxe Kirche von Griechenland wird in der Heiligen Woche und zu Ostern alle Liturgien in Form von nicht-öffentlichen Gottesdiensten feiern. Dies hat Metropolit Ierotheos (Vlachos) von Navpaktos, der Sprecher der Hl. Synode der Kirche, vor Journalisten betont. „Wir sind in einem Kriegszustand und müssen mit Unterscheidungsgabe und Ernsthaftigkeit handeln“, so der Metropolit laut Medienberichten. Die angesichts der Corona-Pandemie getroffene Entscheidung zur Feier der Gottesdienste o…

“Taking into account the report of the Deputy Minister of Health of the Republic of Belarus Elena Bogdan on the epidemiological situation and the current state of affairs in our country, the Diocesan Council unanimously decided that there are currently no grounds for closing churches and stopping public services,” His Eminence Metropolitan Pavel of Minsk writes in an epistle following a meeting with the deans of the Minsk Diocese of the Belarusian Church and an invited expert from the Ministry…

All parishes and monasteries in Georgia will remain open for Palm Sunday and Pascha, His Holiness Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II wrote in an address published on the official site of the Georgian Patriarchate on Wednesday. “Any person, at the time of a trial, seeks for deliverance and consolation,” His Holiness said. “Today, when a new infection that has spread throughout the world threatens the life of the population, it is natural that parishioners would place special hopes in the Lord and be d…

If conditions allow, and with God’s mercy, the Antiochian Patriarchate will publicly celebrate the Paschal service on the leavetaking of the feast on May 27, according to a new statement from the Antiochian Holy Synod. The Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church made the same announcement earlier last week. The Antiochian Synodal statement reads: We pray, when conditions allow, and by God's mercy, to celebrate the Paschal service together on the day of the Leave-taking of Pascha (May 27, 2020)…

The annual Holy Fire service on Holy Saturday will be held in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem this year, but without pilgrims, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Fire will also be delivered to other countries. The service, in which fire descends from Heaven and lights the Patriarch of Jerusalem’s candle as he prays in the Lord’s Tomb, is normally attended by thousands of pilgrims from throughout the world. The service, falling on April 18 this year, will also be celebrated with…

First Deputy Head of the President's Office Sergey Trofimov considers the re-registration of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate of the UOC-MP to be a pressure. Serhiy Trofimov said this in an interview with Glavkom in response to a question about why the law (No. 5309) is not implemented in Ukraine, which stipulates that a religious organization that has a center in another country must indicate this fact in its name. The official also noted that this law is being challeng…

The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America (ACOB-USA) recommends further compliance with the sanitary norms for Covid-19 prevention during the following period, when Orthodox Christians celebrate Palm Sunday, the Holy Week and Easter. A recent declaration lists strong recommendations regarding religious services: they should be officiated only with a maximum number of five members of the clergy and without distributing to the faithful offerings such as palms or w…

In Griechenland ist die Aussetzung der Gottesdienste bis zum 11. April verlängert worden, das haben die Ministerien für Bildung, Religion und Gesundheit entschieden. Die ursprünglichen Maßnahmen waren am 16. März verkündet worden und galten bis zum 30. März. Damit hatte die Regierung Gottesdienste in allen Bereichen der Religionsausübung für alle Glaubensgemeinschaften untersagt. Die Kirchen blieben nur für individuelle Gebete offen. Neu haben Gläubige die Möglichkeit, Gottesdienste online, am…