A dialogue must be opened with the state and a way forward for how to commune the faithful must be found, or the Church will be forced to take the matter to the German Constitutional Court, Metropolitan Augustinos of Germany of the Patriarchate of Constantinople commented today.
Although it respected the laws of the state, “The Orthodox [Church of Greece] felt that it was at the forefront of the government’s austerity,” His Eminence Metropolitan Theologos of Serres and Nigrita told local media after Sunday’s Divine Liturgy.
Priest Valery Dukhanin
Pandemics have shown how weak and feeble man is. But they have also revealed that there is no sense in living for the earth alone.
Having threatened to excommunicate Greek Minister of Education Niki Kerameus for her public statements about the coronavirus being spread through the act of communing of the Holy Mysteries of Christ, His Eminence Ambrose, the retired Metropolitan of Kalavryta, proceeded to do so after the Divine Liturgy yesterday, May 17. However, his decision was not supported by the hierarchs of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece.
On Wednesday, May 13, the feast of Mid-Pentecost, His Grace Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan celebrated the Divine Liturgy, followed by a moleben and akathist to the Mother of God at the St. Seraphim Memorial Church in Sea Cliff, New York, after which the miraculous icon was taken to the skies.