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The Orthodox Response to COVID <br><span style='color:#8D8381;font-size:18px;'>Failures in Both Theology and Leadership?</span>
Liturgical Life, Religion and Science

The Orthodox Response to COVID
Failures in Both Theology and Leadership?

Archdeacon John Chryssavgis has recently commented on the way in which, during the COVID pandemic, many of the leaders of the Orthodox Church have “been almost paralysed by division among themselves and by their isolation from the outside world.” He relates this paralysis to a number of important issues, but does not comment in detail…

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Community or “Comspoonity”?
Church Life and Pastoral Care, Liturgical Life

Community or “Comspoonity”?

by Fr. Bohdan Hladio | Ελληνικά | Русский One of the greatest impacts of the current pandemic is the effect it has had on interpersonal relations. The inability to embrace or hold a friend’s hand, the need for “social distancing,” and the knowledge that anyone we meet is potentially the carrier of a deadly disease all…

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From One Spoon to Many
Liturgical Life

From One Spoon to Many

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Orthodox Church has found itself in an existential crisis. The situation has challenged our traditions and even the way that we receive Holy Communion. One of the points of disagreement that has arisen concerns the manner in which Holy Communion is distributed to the faithful from the…

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