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What happens in one of the most visited places in each city?
I was on Wednesday morning at the Zlătari Church in the center of the Capital. There was no work, only those who arrived stayed a few minutes and left.
It is by far one of the most beautiful places in Bucharest. Before entering the church, see a sign on the doors that tells you that you cannot enter without a mask. Said and done. When I entered, there were about three people. A woman with a mask hanging from only one ear, two other men with a mask. I stayed a few more minutes and others began to arrive. While I was there, it was about ten in all. Some entered with masks, others without masks, despite the message on the church door.
But what surprised me is that even now, in the pandemic, the people (not all) I saw kissed the icons. Someone asked me if they were kissing with a mask. Of course not. No mask. Although they entered with her, facing the encounter with the Virgin Mary, San Cipriano and others lowered her to kiss the icons.
I think the following proverb fits here: “God gives it to you, but don’t put it in your bag.”
That if you are religious, you can think like this: God (or science) has given us, even another, a mask with which to fight in the war with the pandemic. If we don’t use it, that’s it, but I don’t think anyone expects kissing icons every 5 minutes to do miracles and protect you from the coronavirus that we are all trying to avoid.
Of course, it is not the fault of the church that some people do not follow the rule. Believers must understand that they can become infected anywhere, and God certainly has more important things to do than protect us from Covid-19 if we don’t follow simple rules: a mask and washing our hands.
And the Romanian Orthodox Church even got involved in the fight against the pandemic. In the context of the risk of contamination with Covid-19, the Romanian Patriarchate recommended avoiding kissing icons in the church, since people can kiss them in their own home.
The patriarchy requested strict compliance with all the measures transmitted by the Ministry of Health and other competent authorities (rigorous washing of hands and face with soap and water, covering the mouth and nose in case of coughs and sneezes, disinfection of objects and surfaces with frequency used, etc.).
And what I saw in the Zlătari Church in the center of the Capital, I understood what happens in most of the country. You can pray and God will hear you even if you don’t kiss the icons for a while. And if you still stay five minutes in church, because you have no patience at work, at least for such a short time you can stay masked. He will not suffocate for five minutes.
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