Many of our churches have been closed due to the coronavirus and the extent of which this is occuring seems to be changing daily, if not hourly, from different localities and jurisdictions. The overall effect remains the same though – many of us are now no longer able to attend our parish services.

There are some churches who will be live streaming services for those of us at home. This is the perfect opportunity for us to gather our family together, shut down everything else in the house, let the little ones babble and play at our feet without worries of who we’re disturbing around us, and sing/read along with the chanter during the live streaming or gathering together before our family altars for daily prayer.

Let us not be taken down into passivity. Let us cry aloud in participation and fervor as a community from our homes. Let our children tell their children about the Global Lent when we all participated (as best we could) in the Lenten services at home. Let this be etched into their memories that we continued to pray to God despite our entire country being under quarantine.

Holy Cross Monastery will be live streaming throughout the coronavirus epidemic. If you know of other churches who are live streaming during this time, please leave a link in the comments below.