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The Constitution of Lithuania establishes that churches and religious organizations freely perform their rites and conduct themselves in accordance with its canons. The Catholic Church has a special legal status due to the agreement between Lithuania and the Holy See signed in 2000.
The country’s president’s adviser, Simon Krėpšta, tells the country’s media that the government’s quarantine requirements allow for the resumption of public services. But, as mentioned above, today the country’s bishops have changed their minds.
So, given the current situation, today we have decided not to resume public services in churches with the participation of the faithful. That is to say, starting in 2020. December 16 we are expanding the request in our churches until 2021. January 31 with the possibility of mitigating it earlier, if more pronounced positive changes were achieved earlier, ”the bishops’ decision reads.
It would be sad if it weren’t for the whole grain. Although calls are made to abstain and visit shopping centers less frequently, the crowd is rushing to them and will go as much as they want. Whoever wanted to celebrate Christmas illegally, as well as whoever knew according to their conscience.
And those who have always walked in front of the church, this time had the opportunity to express excessive emotions on the pretext of saving Lithuania. And blame the church members and leaders for the cross in the cruelest way.
People don’t really go to churches anymore, and the pandemic situation has further reduced the number of worshipers. You will not find the consecrated use of consecrated water in any church anywhere, disinfectant fluids everywhere, strict distance requirements are set (which are impossible to meet in supermarkets and no one is watching), so the great tragedy of allowing that a limited number of people pray is certainly no reason to ban.
People need not only bread, but also spiritual things, after all, in order not to feel alone, they need fellowship and worship off-screen. We want to hope that the church will stay with us and that the virus does not become the cause of the eternal freeze of communion.
Hopefully these quarantine requirements are not a legal means to perpetrate the genocide of the church and faith.
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