The COVID Persecution category examines the challenges Orthodox Christians faced during the COVID-19 era, particularly where public health policies, church closures, vaccine mandates, and government restrictions intersected with religious liberty and ecclesial life. These articles explore the effects of pandemic measures on worship, parish communities, pastoral leadership, conscience rights, and the relationship between Church and state. Through historical reflection, personal testimony, and Orthodox theological analysis, this collection considers the lessons of the pandemic and how the Church can faithfully respond to future crises while preserving both truth and freedom.
On the feast of St. Kosmas, to punish nuns for resisting multiple spoons at their monastery, Abp. Sotirios withheld communion from the laity.
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Being an Orthodox priest in North America is extremely hard. It is even harder if you feel isolated because of your traditional beliefs.
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Testimonials bear witness to the callousness with which too many Orthodox Christians have been treated during the pandemic.
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The Orthodox Church is less an institution than an extended family. Fathers are essential, and most of ours are absentee.
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The common good is defined by those in power. What happens when they decide you and your faith need to be dealt with – for the common good?
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Starting in Fall 2021, Hellenic College Holy Cross requires students and staff to be fully vaccinated. This raises serious ethical concerns.
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Six priests will be charged in Greece for daring to hold Paschal services at the appointed time. Covid persecution is accelerating globally.
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Metropolitan Neophytos of Morphou rejects changes to Orthodox tradition being pushed by governments around the world in the name of “Covid.”
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God’s protection from evil is often provided through dispensed wisdom. COVID is revealing what sort of ignorant people we have become.
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A year into the “pandemic,” faithfulness to the message of Covid is still hurting the witness of the Church and her most vulnerable souls.
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