CONSTANTINOPLE – The Ecumenical Patriarchate extended the suspension of all liturgies and sacred services in churches and monasteries under its ecclesiastical jurisdiction.
The Patriarchate’s announcement follows:
“With the Communiqué of 18 March, the Ecumenical Patriarchate announced the decision to suspend all ecclesiastical Services in its jurisdiction, until the end of the month of March, as well as its intention to revisit the issue, should it be deemed necessary by the developments.
Already, because cases of COVID-19 are dramatically multiplying throughout the world, with many casualties, the imposition – and rightly so – of strict and restrictive measures continue in almost every country, the abovementioned ban will unavoidably remain in effect for the Sacred Center of the Phanar and the Eparchies of the Ecumenical Throne throughout the World until further notice, depending on the course of the pandemic.
The Mother Church of Constantinople prays and wishes that the appropriate effective medicine to combat the disease will be found soon, so as to overcome this great crisis and to address its effects on society and the economy.
From the Chief Secretariat of the Holy and Sacred Synod.”
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