“Without a doubt, we feel compassion for those afflicted and dying as a result of the pandemic, for which cause we desire to see it come to an end, and quickly. And yet, those whose lives are informed by the Scriptures cannot help but wonder—where is the universal call to repentance…Forgetfulness that life in the Church is all about repentance is a more pernicious pandemic than any coronavirus.”
(Abbot Silouan of the Monastery of St Michael the Archangel, newsletter)