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The Archbishop of Tomis, His Eminence Theodosius, broadcast on Thursday night, at the end of the Te Deum officiated in the Archbishop Cathedral, thanking the authorities who made him intuit that the faithful can also pray at midnight. By organizing the service after 11 p.m., he violated the restrictions imposed by the quarantine established in Constanta, the fact that after 11 p.m. there is a traffic ban, as well as the recommendations of the Patriarchate. He also stated that churches should not shut down any disease. it also happened that he should have gotten sick first, considering how many people were in the church. Dozens of believers were present at the Te Deum in the Cathedral, most of them wearing protective masks, but without respecting social distance.
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His Eminence Theodosius officiated on Thursday evening, beginning at 11:15 pm, the Te Deum service for thanksgiving and the blessing of the New Calendar Year in the Archbishop’s Cathedral of Constance. Dozens of people attended the ceremony. Most wore masks, but they didn’t always respect physical distance. At one point, several believers reached out to the Archbishop of Tomis, who blessed them, News.ro reports.
At the end of the religious ceremony, His Eminence Theodosius thanked the authorities for allowing this midnight prayer.
“We thank God for this night of light of which many had no hope, some did not come fearing that someone would stop them. Of course, whoever stops us, we all have the right to pray when it is time to pray. And here I want to thank the authorities here with whom I consulted and agreed, not expressly, but they made me intuit that we can pray at midnight and I thank them because human orders cannot. to nullify the divine commandments, ”said the Archbishop of Tomis.
He also said that churches should not close any disease that comes and that the people of the church should be sick first.
“I told you a long time ago that the churches will not close and I repeat, the churches should not close any disease that comes. Churches are cures for diseases. There were many of us here in the church, we did not get sick. I was supposed to get sick first, but no, I didn’t get sick. Therefore, because if we have God who is the doctor of our souls and bodies, we will remain healthy not only in the body, but also in our mind and in our conscience, which will remain awake, ”the Archbishop of Tomis also transmitted.
The city of Constanza is under quarantine until January 1, at 8 p.m., and after 11 p.m. there are national traffic bans.
According to the Patriarchate’s announcement, the New Year’s blessing service was to be held on Thursday immediately after the Vespers service, precisely to respect traffic restrictions.
In the context of the prolongation of the state of alert, in which it is prohibited to travel outside the home after 11.00 p.m., but also the special recommendations of the authorities for the holidays, the New Year’s blessing service, which was held at midnight between the years, it will be held this year immediately after the Vespers service on the afternoon of December 31, 2020 ”, is the message sent by the Patriarchate spokesperson.
The Archbishop of Tomis has repeatedly violated the measures taken in the context of the COVIS-19 pandemic.
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