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15 minutes photographer on Monday noon, the second St. On Easter day, it was recorded that St. Mass.
At least a dozen people gathered in them. As can be seen from the photos, efforts have been made to maintain safe distances.
Vilna St. The website of the parish of Francis of Assisi (Bernardo) states that the st. The Mass will be broadcast on the parish account of the social network Facebook.
Suppose St. La Misa will be rebroadcast twice on the first day of Easter at 9pm in English and at 10.30am.
It is true that it is possible to find information that on Monday St. Mass takes place at 12 noon.
Calling St. Mass Connection remotely, the parish website emphasizes that there is always the opportunity to speak to a priest about a matter of concern during his time as sacristy on duty, or by calling the parish office by phone, writing an email. by mail.
The parish website also shares the message of the Archbishop of Vilnius G. Grušs to the believers of the Archdiocese of Vilnius about pastoral care in the churches of the most pandemic municipalities.
“Unfortunately, with the spread of the COVID pandemic, the morbidity of 14 days per 100,000 inhabitants in several municipalities of the Archdiocese of Vilnius exceeded the threshold of 500 new cases. Starting tomorrow, March 25, St. The celebration of Mass with the faithful is suspended in the churches and chapels of the following municipalities: Vilnius city, Vilnius district, Švenčionys district, Visaginas municipality. Furthermore, Mass with the faithful will temporarily not take place in the Alioniai Church and the Bartkuškis and Šiauliai Chapels in the Širvintos district belonging to the Archdiocese of Vilnius. S t. Mass without the participation of the faithful in these municipalities of the Archdiocese of Vilnius will take place until the second day of Easter (April 5) inclusive ”, G. Grušus is quoted in the report of the Archdiocese of Vilnius distributed at the end of March.
Arno Strumila / 15min photo / Mass in the church of Bernardine
“And it pains me that a large part of our diocesan Easter believers must be celebrated in the open air with the community of believers. I invite you not to abandon Mass anyway, let’s join in common prayer by watching broadcasts on the Internet, on television or listening to the radio, ”said the Archbishop of Vilnius.
No one answered the phone number for Bernardine’s parish office at noon Monday.
After contacting the parish vicar, the priest Julius Sasnauskas, offered to call the parish priest.
“Why should I comment on what I don’t know now? I wasn’t there during that mass,” he explained.
After mentioning that no one answers the phone at Bernardine’s parish office, J. Sasnauskas emphasized that today is a holiday.
When asked if he knew anything about these St. Misa at Bernardine Church, the priest said:
“I know there is mass every day. They are passing, mass, nothing forbids us to go to mass, ”he said. At the same time, he emphasized that he did not see that St. On Monday mass was celebrated in the church in the presence of the faithful.
He suggested looking elsewhere for sources of information.
Photo from personal album / Evaldas Darulis OFM
In the evening, the pastor of Bernardine Parish, Evaldas Darulis, contacted the editorial board. He said he was gone, but within 15 minutes of publication he had contacted his brother who had celebrated Mass and found out that on Monday the funeral of St. Masa.
According to him, believers were not admitted to the church during Mass on these holidays, as the archbishop noted: “People could see that the church was just closed on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. A funeral mass was celebrated there on Monday. “
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