Website not active & no access to WordPress dashboard

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    Hi, I have a very simple website that I haven’t updated since a couple of months (no new plugins, no new uploaded media). I was trying to access the site today and I got the following message:
    There has been a critical error on this website.
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    I have no idea of why the site stopped working suddenly and even worse, I cannot access the WordPress dashboard as I receive the same error message. What might be the reason why the site just stopped working? and could you advice on how to fix this? Thank you.

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    Can you let us know what the URL is of the site where you’re having this problem? Once we have that information, we’ll be better able to advise. Thank you!

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  • Your site is not hosted with WordPress.com. It is a site using the open-source WordPress software (from WordPress.org) but hosted with Bluehost.

    Because WordPress.com and WordPress.org are two entirely separate entities, we cannot access files or data for sites that are hosted elsewhere, so WordPress.com staff can only assist with sites that are hosted on our servers. You can find more information here about the differences between WordPress.org software and WordPress.com: https://wordpress.com/support/com-vs-org/

    https://wordpress.org/support/ is a great resource for sites using the open source WordPress.org software, and you can find support for that at: https://wordpress.org/support/forums/

    Your hosting provider’s support team may also be able to assist.

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