Tornike Metreveli is an Associate Senior Lecturer at Lund University, Sweden

• Introduction, Tornike Metreveli1. Church fragmentation and the pandemic: Analysis of four eastern Christian groups in Ukraine, Tetiana Kalenychenko, Cyril Hovorun, Tymofii Brik2. Orthodox Churches and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Romania and Bulgaria, Lucian N. Leustean3. Conspiracies, anxieties, and ritual arrhythmia: Exploring Orthodox discourses and practices in Greece and Cyprus during the coronavirus pandemic, Vasilios N. Makrides, Eleni Sotiriou4. As if the State Mattered: Georgian Orthodox Church under COVID Crisis, Tornike Metreveli5. COVID-19 and Orthodox Christianity: Communion practices in Serbian Orthodox Church, Stefan Radojković6. Immunity to COVID-19? The Russian Orthodox Church under global crisis, Maria Toropova7. Shots of Faith: The Influence of Christian Nationalism on Vaccination Behaviour in Ukraine, Georgia, Serbia, and Montenegro during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Tymofii Brik, Tornike Metreveli8. “Locked doors slam against the very essence of the Church” Finnish and Swedish Orthodox Priests’ Pastoral Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic, Johan Bastubacka

Tornike Metreveli is an Associate Senior Lecturer at Lund University, Sweden

• Introduction, Tornike Metreveli1. Church fragmentation and the pandemic: Analysis of four eastern Christian groups in Ukraine, Tetiana Kalenychenko, Cyril Hovorun, Tymofii Brik2. Orthodox Churches and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Romania and Bulgaria, Lucian N. Leustean3. Conspiracies, anxieties, and ritual arrhythmia: Exploring Orthodox discourses and practices in Greece and Cyprus during the coronavirus pandemic, Vasilios N. Makrides, Eleni Sotiriou4. As if the State Mattered: Georgian Orthodox Church under COVID Crisis, Tornike Metreveli5. COVID-19 and Orthodox Christianity: Communion practices in Serbian Orthodox Church, Stefan Radojković6. Immunity to COVID-19? The Russian Orthodox Church under global crisis, Maria Toropova7. Shots of Faith: The Influence of Christian Nationalism on Vaccination Behaviour in Ukraine, Georgia, Serbia, and Montenegro during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Tymofii Brik, Tornike Metreveli8. “Locked doors slam against the very essence of the Church” Finnish and Swedish Orthodox Priests’ Pastoral Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic, Johan Bastubacka

Tornike Metreveli is an Associate Senior Lecturer at Lund University, Sweden

• Introduction, Tornike Metreveli1. Church fragmentation and the pandemic: Analysis of four eastern Christian groups in Ukraine, Tetiana Kalenychenko, Cyril Hovorun, Tymofii Brik2. Orthodox Churches and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Romania and Bulgaria, Lucian N. Leustean3. Conspiracies, anxieties, and ritual arrhythmia: Exploring Orthodox discourses and practices in Greece and Cyprus during the coronavirus pandemic, Vasilios N. Makrides, Eleni Sotiriou4. As if the State Mattered: Georgian Orthodox Church under COVID Crisis, Tornike Metreveli5. COVID-19 and Orthodox Christianity: Communion practices in Serbian Orthodox Church, Stefan Radojković6. Immunity to COVID-19? The Russian Orthodox Church under global crisis, Maria Toropova7. Shots of Faith: The Influence of Christian Nationalism on Vaccination Behaviour in Ukraine, Georgia, Serbia, and Montenegro during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Tymofii Brik, Tornike Metreveli8. “Locked doors slam against the very essence of the Church” Finnish and Swedish Orthodox Priests’ Pastoral Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic, Johan Bastubacka