Head of Serbian Orthodox Church in hospital with coronavirus
Belgrade, Serbia AP The Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church has been hospitalized after testing positive for the new coronavirus, days after leading prayers at a large public funeral for the head of the church in Montenegro, who died after contracting the virus. The Serbian Orthodox Church said late Wednesday that the 90-year-old Patriarch Irinej […]
In COVID-19 trimmed Meskel festival, Ethiopian Orthodox Church Patriarch urges peace
In Meskel celebrations held under World Health Organization COVID-19 safety protocols, Abune Mathias, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, called for dialogue, peace and reconciliation in the country, where ethnic tensions recently flared up. At the Meskel Square – a ground in the capital, Addis Ababa named after the festival and where the celebrations are traditionally […]