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Health Minister Bent Høie recently announced at Thursday’s press conference that we must continue to avoid greetings and pinches for a long time to prevent the spread of the infection.
Therefore, many were surprised when Olav Fykse Tveit (59) received a hand salute on Sunday and was chosen by Vice President Atle Sommerfeldt when Tveit was consecrated to the bishop and presided at Nidaros Cathedral.
“Hold my hand,” said Atle Sommerfeldt during the wedding.
Green light from the municipal superintendent
In the liturgy, one must make a promise in the form of a handshake, and one must pray with the laying on of hands.
– We discussed how this should be done, and we applied to the municipal superior here in Trondheim, which gave us the green light. We follow the advice on distance as much as possible and use antibac to prevent infections the short time we needed to be
in contact both before and after, says Olav Fykse Tveit.
– So this was approved by the infection control consultant?
– it was. We are confident that we took the precautions we could and used the infection control rules in general and the special conditions they gave us correctly, says Fykse Tveit.
– Important symbolic action
Municipal Superintendent Tove Røsstad confirms to TV 2 that they considered that the handshake and the laying on of hands were not problematic.
– This is an important symbolic act, and we think it should be fine, says the municipal superior.
However, he emphasizes that various contamination considerations were taken during today’s ceremony.
Two were added as a new press on January 30 by a unanimous Church Council.
Both the marriage and the inauguration were supposed to take place at the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim on April 26, but the crown pandemic caused this to be postponed until Sunday.
Vice President Bishop Atle Sommerfeldt led the dedication and dedication ceremony. Bishops Herborg Finnset and Stein Reinertsen also participated in the service, as well as leaders of the Church Council, the diocesan council of Nidaro, and the congregation council of Southern Sami.
First not bishop
Tveit has never been a bishop, but he is now the presiding bishop and leader of the Norwegian Church. Take on the prestigious job after Helga Haugland Byfuglien.
Two are from the position of Secretary General of the World Council of Churches, which includes 350 churches with a total membership of approximately half a billion people worldwide.
Before that, he served as Secretary General of the Intercommittee for seven years.
The 59-year-old is the first to be ordained without being a bishop, but a combined diocesan university still supports the nomination and chose to nominate only him, although up to three candidates could be nominated.
They have stated that he has an exceptional experience and an experience that makes him very suitable for the position.
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