Coronavirus Resource Page

Verses

Son of the Highest, together with Nikephoros and Haralambos,

from the coronavirus save us all.

Prayers

Supplicatory Canon to the Most Philanthropic Son of the Living God the Conqueror of the Coronavirus

The Prayers Prayed by the Athonite Monks in Their Vigil Against the Coronavirus

A Prayer in Light of the Coronavirus Epidemic

  

Two 16th Century Prayers to the Mother of God for Deliverance from Plague

The Pastoral Use of the Book of Psalms by St. Arsenios of Cappadocia


Coronavirus and the Church

 

Holy Water and the Averting of Natural Disasters and Epidemics

The Spread of the Coronavirus and its Consequences on the Life of the Church During Great Lent

A Pastoral Letter Concerning the Coronavirus

Coronavirus - pandemic or opportunity?

The Coronavirus and the Fear of Death (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

Coronavirus and the Church: An Interview With Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos

"The Soap Police" (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

"Rational Faith" and Communicable Disease (Metr. Seraphim of Kastoria)

Questions and Answers 134 - 142 (A Coronavirus Special Edition)

What Will Happen, My Friend, With Us?

Is the End of the World Imminent?

Sotirios Tsiodras, Greece's Top Expert in Infectious Diseases and a Devout Orthodox Christian

Daily Radio Show in This Time of Crisis Hosted by Metr. Athanasios of Limassol

Kyra Sarakosti 2020 (Lady Lent 2020)

A Special Celebration of March 25th for the Greek People

Thousands of Cypriots Chant the Akathist Hymn From Their Balconies

"We Stay at Home" Children's Choir of the Greek-English Training School Sing the Akathist Hymn

The Parable of the Ten Virgins and the Instability of the World (St. John of Kronstadt)

A Photo That Shows the Devout Soul of a Fifth Grade Altar Boy

A First Look at the Holy Light (Holy Fire) of Jerusalem 2020

A Resurrection "Behind Closed Doors"

Despite Quarantine Measures, Greeks Find Unique Ways to Celebrate Easter

 

Easter in a Ward With Covid-19 Patients

The Temptations and Troubles That Come Against Us During Great Lent (Saint Joseph the Hesychast)

Faith in God and the Coronavirus

 

Pascal's Wager and the Coronavirus

 

The Last Message of Metropolitan Amfilohije Radovic of Montenegro from the Hospital

 

Priest in Georgia Sprinkles with Holy Water the Wards of Patients with Covid- 19

 

A Reflection on the Christmas Fast of 2020

 

Thoughts on the Beginning of the Forty Day Fast of Christmas

 

An Elder from Mount Athos Was Asked About the Coronovirus...

 

"A Saint On Earth… Good Paradise, Father Gabriel"

 

An Interview with Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos Regarding Issues with the Pandemic

 

After More Than Four Months, An Icon of the Virgin Mary Continues to "Weep" in a Suburb of Athens

 

Eldress Philothei Agiometeriotissa (+ December 9, 2020)

 

The Orthodox Church and Science Today: An Interview With Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos (1 of 2)

 

The Orthodox Church and Science Today: An Interview With Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos (2 of 2)

 

Image of Christ Appears to Weep and Open Its Shut Eyes

 

Homily in Thanks to the Lord for the End of the Epidemic of Cholera in Rybinsk in 1848

 

Father Ananias Koustenis Has Died Due to Complications With the Coronavirus

 

Almost Every Monk at Stavrovouni Monastery Has Been Infected With the Coronavirus

Fr. Stephanos Dalianis, Parish Priest to Hundreds of Lepers, Has Reposed

 

Elder Ephraim of Vatopaidi Returns to his Monastery after a Three and a Half Month Battle With the Coronavirus

 

Interview With Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol on Issues Concerning the Pandemic, Vaccination, His Personal Battle With the Coronavirus, and his Stance on Ukraine

 

On Those Who Say "I Believe, Therefore I Am Not Afraid"

 

On Covid 19 (Archimandrite Alexios of Xenophontos)

 

Closure of Churches

Are Churches Allowed to Close?

The Life of Saint Mary of Egypt as a Response to the Trials of the Faithful Due to the Pandemic

When Kapodistrias Closed the Churches and Defeated an Epidemic

 

The Cholera Epidemic That Struck Athens in 1854 

What a Greek Bishop Did When an Epidemic of Cholera Ravaged a Community in 1854

When Saint Iakovos Tsalikes Chose Not to Attend Holy Week and Easter Services

 

Priest in Greece Weeps While Reciting the Salutations of the Akathist Hymn

 

Holy Communion and Viruses

The Theotokos as the Mystical Tongs

Ten Reasons Why It Is A Bad Idea To Permanently Change the Way Orthodox Christians Receive Holy Communion Due to Covid-19

Holy Communion: Wrong Questions at the Wrong Time

THE BREAD, THE WINE, AND THE MODE OF BEING

Scientific Studies on the Transmission of Infectious Diseases Through Holy Communion

Churches Respond To Swine Flu Fear: An Orthodox Response

Swine Flu in the Chalice?

Should We Promote Faithlessness in Our Churches?

Metropolis of Boston Responds to Plastic Spoon Controversy

"Those Who Do Not Believe in the Power of Holy Communion Should Not Receive It" (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

Practical Advice on Administering Holy Communion in Time of Plague

Why We Use a Common Spoon for Holy Communion

How We Can Be Sanctified by Holy Communion Even If We Are Unable to Receive It

Holy Communion and the Transfer of Germs

Partaking of Holy Communion With Lepers and Those With Infectious Diseases

St. John Maximovitch and the Woman Dying from Rabies

An Interesting Report During the Ebola Outbreak of 2014 in Sierra Leone

The Poison and the Cross: A Tale from the Life of Saint John the Theologian

Saint Benedict and the Sign of the Holy Cross

Recluses and Holy Communion

The Role of the Eucharist in the Lives of the Desert Fathers

Father Benedict Petrakis and the Tuberculosis Patient

Contemporary Testimony of a Priest Who Communed Hundreds of Lepers

Statement of the Holy Monastery of Saint John the New in Suceava, Romania in Light of the Case of Coronavirus

Two Metropolitans on Receiving Holy Communion in a Time of a Pandemic

Now It All Begins. Have Faith and Patience.

The Secularization of the Mystery of the Eucharist Due to Covid-19

Official Announcement of the Church of Crete on the Manner of Reception of the Divine Eucharist

 

Survey Says Most Greeks Believe the Coronavirus Can Be Transmitted Through Holy Communion, a Professor of Microbiology Says Overcrowding is the Greatest Risk

 

Epidemiology Professor: No Scientific Study That Proves COVID-19 is Transmitted Through Holy Communion 

 

The Story of a Communion Spoon

Vaccines and Vaccination

 

Vaccines and Ecclesiastical Life

 

Encyclical from 1864 Shows the Orthodox Church of Greece Made Vaccination Against Smallpox Mandatory for All Believers 

Why I Was Vaccinated (Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

"A Blessing and Gift of God": Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus Is Vaccinated

 

Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus: "Priests Who Oppose Vaccination Commit Fratricide"

 

The New Vaccine Against the Coronavirus from a Scientific Perspective 

 

Metropolitan Nicholas of Mesogaia Responds to Questions Regarding Coronovirus Vaccination (Chips, Embryos, Trusting Scientists, Side Effects, etc.)

Monks of Mount Athos Begin to be Vaccinated

 

Update on the Vaccinations of the Monks on Mount Athos

 

Further Updates and Clarifications of Vaccinations on Mount Athos

 

Civil Administrator of Mount Athos Says Monasteries Are Safe for Visitors, But Not Hermitages and Cells 

 

Spiritual Benefits of Sicknesses, Doctors and Medicines (Elder Aimilianos of Simonopetra)

The Syndrome of Archpriest Avvakum in the Church Today

 

Elder Ephraim of Vatopaidi Returns to his Monastery after a Three and a Half Month Battle With the Coronavirus

 

Pastoral Encyclical to Clergy Regarding Protective Measures Against the Coronavirus Pandemic (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

Vaccines and the Antichrist

 

One Year Since the Beginning of Vaccination in Greece (Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

Recommended Reading

"Glorify the Name of God Through Science" (St. Paisios the Athonite)

Recommended Reading While in Quarantine

A Movie Recommendation for the Times We Live In

Homily on the Value of Patience (St. John Chrysostom)

The Community of the Desert and the Loneliness of the Cities

Hospital and Ideology

The Panagia in the Intensive Care Unit - A Modern Testimony

An Orthodox Response To the Death of the Innocent

Where Did Viruses Come From?

The Eschatology of Flagellation During Epidemics

Squanto: A Special Instrument of God

Deadly Epidemics That Struck Pontus

The Life and Faith of Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895)

When the Soviets (Successfully) Blamed Orthodox Christian Icons for an Epidemic of Syphilis

When Metr. Augoustinos Kantiotes Foretold the Coming of a Great Epidemic

 

The Lovokomeio of Chios (The Leper Colony Where Saint Anthimos Served and Saint Nikephoros Was Treated)

 

Short Film: "Maria of 11" (2018)

 

Dostoevsky's Pandemic 

 

Saints and Epidemics

 

Holy Martyrs Who Died in the Great Plague in Alexandria

 

A Treatise Offered in a Time of Pestilence by St. Cyprian of Carthage

 

How a Plague Led to a Miracle That Converted an Entire City to the Christian Faith

The Holy Zoni of the Theotokos and the Cholera Epidemic of 1864 in Constantinople

The Cholera Epidemic of Constantinople in 1871 and the Holy Zoni of the Panagia

The Great Miracle of Panagia Prousiotissa on October 25, 1918

 

Testimony of a Miracle of the Panagia Prousiotissa During the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918

 
7 Greek Shrines Dedicated to the Prophet Elisha

Saint Haralambos Resource Page

The Custom of the Distribution of a Piece of Watermelon in Kerkyra Every February 11th

Saint Sebastian the Martyr, Protector from the Plague

 

Saint Sebastian and the 1576–78 Plague of Milan

 

Saint Sebastian and the Arrows of the Plague

 

Commemoration of the Miracle of the Great Martyr George in Zakynthos in 1688

 

The Holy Spring of Saint Kosmas the Aitolos in Dryovouno of Kozani

 

The Church and Miracles of Saint Theodore the Stratelates in Karpasia of Cyprus 

The Miracle of St. Barbara in Polydendri, Attica on July 15, 1917

Saint Barbara and the Miraculous Deliverance from a Smallpox Epidemic on the Island of Lefkada in 1922

Saint Paraskevi and the Miracle of the Annihilation of the Unbelieving Turks by Cholera

Palm Sunday and the Miracle of Saint Spyridon in 1630

8 Miracles of Saint Spyridon the Wonderworker

Commemoration of the Deliverance of the Island of Lefkada from the Plague of 1743

Saint Athenodoros the Leper, Disciple of Pachomios the Great

 

Saint Savvas the Sanctified, a Man of the People in Time of Famine and Plague

A Virtuous Monk and a Careless Monk of Sinai Who Both Died During an Epidemic

When Saint Cuthbert Fell Victim to an Epidemic and Miraculously Recovered

How Saint Genevieve Became the Patron Saint of Paris

Saint Salvius, Bishop of Albi in Gaul (+ 584)

Saint Cedd and the Yellow Plague

Saint Fulk of Santopadre

The Wonderworking Icon of Saint Xenophontos in Mazotos, Cyprus

The Miraculous Recovery of Saint Theodore of Sykeon from the Bubonic Plague

Saint Andrew the Fool for Christ and the Plague in Constantinople

Saint Gregory Palamas and the Black Death

Synaxis of the Old Russian (Staro Rus) Icon of the Mother of God

 

Church of the Holy Martyr Anastasia in Novgorod, Built in One Day To Protect the People From the Deadly Plague of 1417

 

Saint Thekla and the Bubonic Plague of 1630 in the Italian City of Este

 

Synaxis of the Shuiu-Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God

 

The Plague Column of Saint Agatha in Catania

 

Saint Gerasimos and the Deadly Plague of 1760

 

Saint Dositheos the Recluse (+ 1776)

 

The Chapel of the Holy Skull in Samos

 

Miraculous Deliverance from the Deadly Epidemic of 1815 by Saint Seraphim of Phanarion

 

Holy New Martyrs Ambrosios, Neophytos and Makarios of Vatopaidi (+ 1821)

 

How a Plague Hastened the Discovery of the Miraculous Icon of the Virgin Mary on the Island of Tinos in 1823

St. Theodore of Byzantium and the Miraculous Deliverance of Mytilene from the Plague in 1832

How Saint Nikanor the Wonderworker Became the Protector and Guardian of the Children of Kastoria

 

A Muslim Testimonial Describing How Elder Jonah of Kiev Saved a Muslim Village from Cholera

 

Theophany During the Cholera Epidemic of 1909 in St. Petersburg

 

Synaxis of the Icon of the Mother of God “In Giving Birth, You Preserved Your Virginity”

 
Panagia Portaitissa and the Healing of a Man Dying of the Spanish Flu

 

When Saint Nicholas Planas Healed a 10 Year Old Girl of Typhoid Fever

 
Saint Nikephoros the Leper Resource Page