Starting Monday, public services are renewed in churches, limiting the number of believers



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This was confirmed by the Bishop of Šiauliai Eugenijus Bartulis on BNS on Tuesday.

“Yes, that resolution has been made, because people keep asking, demanding. I think that people need this spiritual food, they are very thirsty ”, said E. Bartulis.

According to him, there are few people gathered in the church, long distances are observed and disinfectants are cared for everywhere.

“I don’t see it as a threat at all, because I wake up in a very short time and the distances are the greatest. If he’s in town, he comes in three or four people. Now people do not go alone, very scared, scared, ”said the bishop.

According to him, from next Monday the same security requirements will be observed, which were applied before the mass was stopped: the participants of the mass will be admitted with face masks, the churches will be observed 10 square meters M. meters per person , maintaining a distance of two meters between people or groups of people made up of no more than five people or family members.

In mid-December, the Lithuanian Episcopal Conference decided to suspend public services and, on New Year’s Eve, this restriction was extended until January 10.

The quarantine regime introduced in Lithuania in early November was tightened in mid-December and extended until January 31. He closed many stores, hairdressers, restricted the movement of people and meetings.

The bernardinai.lt portal was the first to announce on Tuesday that the Lithuanian bishops had sent a letter to the priests informing them of the decision to resume public services.



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