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The government is finally showing flexibility, with the “voula” of the expert committee for the coronavirus pandemic, on the issue of churches at Christmas and New Years and in the context of the second blockade.
In view of today’s meeting of the Holy Synod, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis maintained a new telephone communication yesterday with the Archbishop of Athens and with all of Greece Ieronymos. It is said that the communication took place at the initiative of the head of the Church of Greece, whom Maximou did not want to leave alone in front of the hierarchy, while part of the base of ND expressed anger on social networks because the opening of the Churches was announced only at Christmas. and the Lights and with strict rules.
Initially, the government intended to insist that individual worship be not allowed from December 21, as requested by the hierarchs, but the issue was debated during the prime minister’s communication with the archbishop yesterday and was on the table. .
Then the infectious diseases committee met, as the prime minister, according to Maximos’ announcement, had told the archbishop that the Church should also follow the decisions of the experts.
But these decisions at the end of the day were more relaxed than originally planned.
Government spokesman Stelios Petsas had already “given a signal” during the briefing, responding to a relevant question from News 24/7, about the government’s intention to give something to the archbishop. In the end, however, the committee endorsed the decision of a maximum of nine believers per church and 25 for dioceses, raising the maximum number of believers from 25 to 50 and setting a limit of one person for every 15 square meters in churches. .
The committee also recommended to the government:
-The performance of another service on New Year’s Day.
-The performance of rolling services at Christmas, New Year and Epiphany.
During the communication of the Prime Minister with the Archbishop, the scenario was also discussed, the Lights to distribute bottled antidote and bottled sanctification to the faithful, since a ceremony of Sanctification of the Waters will not be allowed in open spaces.
It remains to be seen if the Holy Synod will accept today the olive branch attended by Máximo or if the most extreme voices will prevail, which move in the logic of “all or nothing”, that is, to ask the Archbishop to reject any version of partial opening and denounce the Government.
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