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“No,” says the Church at the closing of the temples on the day of the Epiphany. A statement after the meeting of the Holy Permanent Synod affirms that “it does not agree with the new measures of the Government regarding the operation of the Holy Temples, insists on what was originally agreed with the State and orders that the Holy Temples remain open to the participation of the faithful in the Divine Liturgy “. and the Sanctification of the waters within the Holy Temples of the Feast of the Epiphanies as agreed and printed in the JMC “.
As the outgoing government spokesman Stelios Petsas had announced in the context of the new measures, in order to open schools of all levels on 11/01, “the churches will remain closed to the faithful and there will be no sanctification of the waters outside. the day of the Epiphany. ” places “.
Full announcement:
The Holy Permanent Synod of the Church of Greece of the 164th Synodal Period met today, Monday, January 4, 2021, under the Presidency of His Beatitude the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, Mr. Ieronymos.
During today’s Session, the Holy Permanent Synod, after ratifying the Authorization Act, examined the data generated on the operation of the Holy Temples and the presence of the faithful during Epiphany after the sudden announcements of the Government on Friday 2.1.2021, on preventive tightening of measures before the opening of school units.
The Holy Permanent Synod, after an interactive debate, unanimously decided the following:
1. It does not agree with the measures of the new Government on the operation of the Holy Temples, insists on what was originally agreed with the State and orders that the Holy Temples remain open to the participation of the faithful in the Divine Liturgy and the Sanctification of the waters within its Holy Temples. Feast of the Epiphanies, as agreed and printed in KYA No. Δ1α / ΓΠ.οικ. 80588 / 12.15.2020 (Government Gazette BD 5509). It asks the State to fully respect the previous KYA without further problems, taking into account that during the celebration of Christmas and New Year and the other days of the Twelfth Day in the thousands of Parish Churches of the Church of Greece with the care of the Most Reverend Metropolitans local and venerable Sanitary Measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
2. Send a letter of protest to the Greek Government considering dialogue as the only means of resolving questions regarding the relations of the State with the religious communities that exist in the Greek State.
3. Calls on both the leaders of the European Union and the Greek Government to take the necessary measures to ensure that a sufficient number of approved vaccines are immediately supplied to citizens. No one has the right to serve the purposes of other people in the face of such an important issue as overcoming the pandemic, because the right to health belongs to everyone.
4. It renews its previous Decision so that during the current period the position of the Holy Synod before the media is expressed only by its representative, His Eminence the Metropolitan of Ilio, Acharnes and Saint Petersburg, Mr. Atenágoras.
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