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The Romanian Patriarchate announces that “the issue of Holy Communion belongs exclusively to the church”, after the authorities recommended the use of disposable teaspoons and cups for communion, after the reopening of the churches on May 15.
The National Institute of Public Health published on Saturday the proposals on the set of relaxation measures that will be applied after the lifting of the state of emergency. The document is 13 pages long, and chapter five presents recommendations regarding activity in places of worship, the Basilica writes.
According to the document, services should be officiated “only outdoors while maintaining the distance between people”, and “people’s access to the place of worship will be limited, respecting an area of 8 square meters per person.”
“The recommendations will be strictly followed”
“The reopening of places of worship is related to the natural return to the necessary rhythms of the deep social, the religious dimension of life being essential,” said the spokesman for the Romanian Patriarchate, who said that “the recommendations related to protection necessary dictated by self-care and others will be rigorously respected by all people in good faith. “
Vasile Bănescu reiterated that “the Romanian Orthodox Church and all other religious denominations have an exemplary understanding of the situation created by the epidemic and, in the case of the Romanian Patriarchate, a charitable participation without a comparison term,” said the source quoted.
You will check with the other churches to see what fellowship will be like.
The recommendations of the National Institute of Public Health also refer to the reception of the Eucharist. In this sense, Vasile Bănescu explained that “the issue of Holy Communion and the communion of believers belongs exclusively to the Church,” says the Patriarchate news agency.
“The Romanian Orthodox Church will consult with the other sister Orthodox Churches to find together, in communion and in the spirit of fidelity to the liturgical tradition, the best way regarding the access of believers, in the context of the pandemic, to the heart of Christian life: Holy Communion “, It is also shown in the statement of the Patriarchate.
