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Blessing of the Waters – San Francisco Bay
On Sunday, January 17, 2021 the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco in partnership with the United Hellenic American Societies of Northern California (UHAS) hosted an event at Aquatic Park Cove in San Francisco to honor the Feast of Epiphany, observing Christ’s baptism in the Jordan. In his introductory remarks, His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco remarked, “While we pray for the sanctification of the water, we also pray for the New Year which is upon us, for God’s grace and mercy on our world, and we especially pray for the health and safekeeping of our community which has been ravaged by the pandemic, beseeching healing, peace and comfort.”
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COVID s toll on the Orthodox Christian Church Denial and defiance among the clergy have led to deaths
A man praying in front of a Greek Orthodox church in November in Athens. (Photo by ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/ AFP)
Depending on how you count, the Orthodox Christian Church has fourteen, fifteen, or sixteen autocephalous (i.e. self-governing) jurisdictions.
To date, three of its autocephalous leaders Irinej of Serbia, Ieronymos of Greece, and Anastasios of Albania have been hospitalized with COVID-19; Irinej of Serbia died from it on November 20.
At least a dozen Orthodox bishops have also died from the virus. Among the lower ranks of clergy, the numbers are even more alarming. In Russia, more than one hundred priests or monks have died.
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