The article examines various theological aspects of the perception of the coronavirus pandemic in global Orthodoxy and the Russian Or- thodox Church. Among other aspects, it touches upon issues pertain- ing to the celebration and distribution of the Eucharist under hygien- ic restrictions. It also explores Christological arguments in support of each practice. The article proposes some specific interpretations of the phenomenology and aetiology of the so-called Covid dissidence. It ar- gues that artificial ideological polarization between so-called “liber- als” and “conservatives” is why many bishops, priests, and laypeople in the Russian Orthodox Church mistrust the quarantine measures.
Translated by Olivia Bowins