Please strictly follow the UK Government advice on what you need to do during this COVID-19 outbreak.
Message of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew regarding COVID-19 in Greek
Message of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew regarding COVID-19 in english.
COVD-19 Coronavirus LATEST as of 29 March 2020
Dear Community member,
All services in our church are suspended until further notice. Our church will remain open during the day but strictly for the sake of personal prayer. This is by order of the Ecumenical Patriarch on 18 March 2020 as you can see in the communications below in Greek and English. The closure date will be reviewed at the end of March.
For details of church opening times, please contact me at the church office on 020 8455 7510.
God bless,
Reverend Protopresbyter Vasileios Papathanasiou
Priest-in-charge
Greek Orthodox Cathedral
Holy Cross & St Michael
All services in our church are suspended until further notice. Our church will remain open during the day but strictly for the sake of personal prayer. This is by order of the Ecumenical Patriarch on 18 March 2020 as you can see in the communications below in Greek and English. The closure date will be reviewed at the end of March.
For details of church opening times, please contact me at the church office on 020 8455 7510.
God bless,
Reverend Protopresbyter Vasileios Papathanasiou
Priest-in-charge
Greek Orthodox Cathedral
Holy Cross & St Michael
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COVD-19 Coronavirus guidance as of 10 March 2020
Dear Community member,
With the outbreak of COVID-19 Coronavirus in the UK, we would like to ensure that we minimise the spread of the virus within our church. Our church follows Public Health England guidance on the virus. The latest advice can be found at https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus.
The symptoms of coronavirus are:
But these symptoms do not necessarily mean you have the illness. The symptoms are similar to other illnesses that are much more common, such as cold and flu.
We would encourage our community to follow NHS advice (https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/) on how to avoid catching or spreading coronavirus. Currently as of the 10 March, this is as follows:
Do:
Do not:
Our church will be providing hand sanitiser gel at the entrances to the church and we will increase the frequency of cleaning the icons.
We would like to encourage you to do the following:
Advice has also been issued to travellers who have returned to the UK from a number of countries. Anyone who has returned to the UK from any of these areas in the last 14 days and develops symptoms of cough or fever or shortness of breath, should immediately:
God bless,
Reverend Protopresbyter Vasileios Papathanasiou
Priest-in-charge
Greek Orthodox Cathedral
Holy Cross & St Michael
With the outbreak of COVID-19 Coronavirus in the UK, we would like to ensure that we minimise the spread of the virus within our church. Our church follows Public Health England guidance on the virus. The latest advice can be found at https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus.
The symptoms of coronavirus are:
- a cough
- a high temperature
- shortness of breath.
But these symptoms do not necessarily mean you have the illness. The symptoms are similar to other illnesses that are much more common, such as cold and flu.
We would encourage our community to follow NHS advice (https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/) on how to avoid catching or spreading coronavirus. Currently as of the 10 March, this is as follows:
Do:
- wash your hands with soap and water often – do this for at least 20 seconds
- always wash your hands when you get home or into work
- use hand sanitiser gel if soap and water are not available
- cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your sleeve (not your hands) when you cough or sneeze
- put used tissues in the bin straight away and wash your hands afterwards
- try to avoid close contact with people who are unwell
- clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces in the home and work environment.
Do not:
- touch your eyes, nose or mouth if your hands are not clean
Our church will be providing hand sanitiser gel at the entrances to the church and we will increase the frequency of cleaning the icons.
We would like to encourage you to do the following:
- Use the hand sanitiser gel that will be made available at the entrances to the church.
- Allow distance between you and others in the queue when you receive holy communion or holy bread at the end of the service. Where possible, Church Committee members will assist in directing the queues.
- Worship the icons in the church without contact. It is allowed to bow to worship the icons and you do not have to kiss them.
Advice has also been issued to travellers who have returned to the UK from a number of countries. Anyone who has returned to the UK from any of these areas in the last 14 days and develops symptoms of cough or fever or shortness of breath, should immediately:
- stay indoors and avoid contact with other people as you would with the flu;
- call NHS 111 to inform them of your recent travel to the country.
God bless,
Reverend Protopresbyter Vasileios Papathanasiou
Priest-in-charge
Greek Orthodox Cathedral
Holy Cross & St Michael