In an effort to coordinate and foster uniformity among the Local Orthodox Churches on the issue of how to serve Holy Communion to the faithful against the background of the coronavirus pandemic and media attacks against the Church, on May 17, Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople sent letters to all Orthodox primates throughout the world, the text of which has been published on Romfea.
According to a new statement from the Patriarchate of Constantinople, churches in Turkey will reopen to parishioners this coming Saturday, June 6, on the eve of the feast of Pentecost.
With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, parishes and monasteries in Moscow will reopen to parishioners this Saturday, June 6, the day of the commemoration of the dead before the feast of Holy Pentecost.
Another hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church who suffered from complications due to the coronavirus has reposed in the Lord.
It may sound like the 1800s in the Appalachian mountains of America, but it's much more recent (2020), and in an unexpected location.