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The government seeks the gold section on the hot topic of how they operate of churches during your big vacation Christmas, της New Year and of Φώτων, since there is a risk of spreading coronavirus due to overcrowding.
from Georgia Ath. Skitzi
The prime minister had a telephone conversation yesterday with the Archbishop of Athens and all of Greece, Mr. Jerome on this topic today 9.30 A three-hour teleconference will be held between 12 metropolitans, coordinated by the Archbishop, in order to formulate all opinions and select the most appropriate solution for the preservation of public health through the pandemic. These digital meetings of the Holy Permanent Synod will last for 3 days, while the Friday according to the information – the relevant ones are expected advertisements by the government.
The middle way is sought
It is noted that from the side of the Church of Greece and if the epidemiological conditions that will arise in the coming days allow it, the desire is expressed that the temples be open, with reverent observance of the protection measures by the hierarchs and the loyals.
“Retail cannot be opened and churches cannot be closed. These are the ones that will be discussed in the next 2-3 days, in order to make decisions,” said a government spokesman. However, there are opposing voices in government personnel, who believe that the Divine Liturgy should be held both at Christmas and at Easter, without believers, who will celebrate in their homes.
Suggestions on the table
The government seems to compromise and discuss with the hierarchs, in order to find a middle ground, to satisfy the needs of the faithful but conditionally, given that the second wave of the coronavirus is increasing and the emergency shutdown stay up January 7th. According to information, it is being discussed during the holidays to increase the number of services, so that the temples can be opened, but with a specific number of believers, who will not overcome fifty.
In addition, the hierarchs suggest that there should be sanctification in small individual jars for the faithful, as well as retribution outside the temples, so that they can receive them with discipline and keeping their distance. For the celebration of the Lights and the Sanctification of the waters, it is argued that the Church should not make a procession this year and that the sanctification ceremony should be performed inside the temples by throwing the Cross into the pool.
180 Christian unions ask for churches to open at Christmas
The pressures to open churches are intense. With the slogan “We ask that open churches do not imprison our souls”, 180 Orthodox Christian associations from all over Greece hold a general protest for the church closings indeed in view of the upcoming Christmas holidays.
Specifically, in their letter to the Blessed Archbishop of Athens and to all the Most Reverend Hierarchs of the Greek Territory, they accuse the State of unilateralism, since they accuse it of being exclusively interested in the biological needs of human beings and animals, indifferent to the spirit, the needs of the soul. the citizens: “How to accept this prohibition, when we see that the passage is allowed to the food markets, but not to the Temples for the food of the soul? “When do we see that movement is allowed for individual physical sport or for the needs of pets, but not for our souls?” They characteristically write.
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