Valeria Grechina
The recent prolonged lockdown has caused an increase in the number of needy persons. We have contacted the social departments of the most impoverished dioceses and taken down some vignettes on assistance to people. We share some of them below.
Metropolitan Philaret (Kucherov) of Lviv
If God sends man sickness and suffering, it is only so that he may come to salvation.
Oversees pilgrims will be free to attend Israel's Holy sites from August, following an announcement from the country's tourist board.
Archpriest Alexander Torik
He turned his head to me and looked at me with a look that I will never forget for the rest of my life—the loving look of a kind grandfather to the youngest and most beloved of his grandchildren. “My child! Do you know what this cross is that you want to take upon yourself?” he asked, taking the priestly cross hanging on his chest in his hands.
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (GOARCH) announces the distribution of more than $250,000 from the Archdiocese Covid-19 Relief Fund on behalf of those affected by the Covid-19 global pandemic in the USA.