Easter The Holy Light will not be distributed in the territory
Orthodox Church
Empty Planes Fly ‘Holy Fire’ From Jerusalem
Church to 10 Countries Amid Coronavirus
The ceremony typically draws tens of thousands of worshippers to an imposing grey edicule in the
Holy Sepulchre that is believed to contain the tomb where Jesus lay two thousand years ago
Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, revered in Christian tradition as the site of Jesus’s
crucifixion and burial, was closed on Wednesday as a precaution against the coronavirus.
The closure, initially for a week, followed a meeting between Israeli police and church leaders, said
Wadie Abu Nassar, spokesperson of the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land, after the
Israeli government announced tighter restrictions to curb the spread of the virus.
The Holy Fire ceremony typically draws tens of thousands of worshippers to an imposing grey edicule in the Holy Sepulchre that is believed to contain the tomb where Jesus lay two thousand years ago.
Church How to prepare for Easter and the closed Divine Liturgies
Orthodox Christians mark Easter in nearempty
Jerusalem
Holy Fire celebration takes place with very few worshippers amid coronavirus restrictions on
movement.
Patriarch’s house: With pain of soul he had to make the decision to extend the measures and for Holy Week
The Holy Light has arrived in Athens –
Unprecedented images in the Holy Sepulcher
Conference of European Churches (CEC) is an ecumenical fellowship of 114 churches from Orthodox, Protestant, and Anglican traditions, across Europe. Amidst the COVID-19 crisis, we are constantly accompanying our Member Churches, National Councils of Churches and Organisations in Partnership in prayer and solidarity. Contact person:Dr Elizabeta KitanovićExecutive Secretary for Human RightsRue Joseph II, 174B-1000 BruxellesTel. …
Un articolo di Novaya Gazeta, quotidiano russo vicino all’opposizione liberale, analizza la “Pasqua in quarantena” vissuta quest’anno dal mondo ortodosso. Dopo l’iniziale apertura possibilista, infatti, spesso le autorità locali hanno scoraggiato, se non di fatto vietato, l’accesso dei fedeli alle funzioni religiose. Lo stesso patriarca Kirill ha celebrato le solenni liturgie in una Cattedrale di …
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