Top 20 Posts of 2020 by the Mystagogy Resource Center

 

 

 

1. Thousands of Cypriots Chant the Akathist Hymn From Their Balconies

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

5. Scientific Studies on the Transmission of Infectious Diseases Through Holy Communion  

6. Is the Holy Light of Jerusalem a Scam? Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol Responds  

 

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

8. Practical Advice on Administering Holy Communion in Time of Plague  

 

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

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

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

 

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

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

 

14. Saint Gregory Palamas and the Black Death  

15. The Russian Orthodoxy of Natalie Wood  

 

16. How Hagia Sophia Became a Museum in 1934 

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

 

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

 

19. May 31 - On This Day in 1850 Florence Nightingale Proclaimed From Athens That "The Greek Church is Dead" 

 

20. On the Demonization of Yoga in the Orthodox Church