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We remind you that the authorities recommended that, after May 15, when the Churches are reopened, the communion of the faithful be made with disposable teaspoons.
“There was a natural consultation of the members of the Holy Synod regarding a brief postponement of common communion, until the completion of an inter-Orthodox consultation with the other Churches, also faced in the same liturgical record with the great pandemic challenge.
At this time, some very important things are clear, although of a temporary nature: services with the faithful will be held exclusively outside; the churches will reopen only to access the individual prayer of the faithful, respecting the rules of hygiene and protection; common communion (during the liturgy) is postponed for a short period, until the end of the consultation with the other Orthodox churches, “Father Bănescu told Agerpres on Wednesday.
He noted that “there was another dramatic moment of postponement of communion for two months, including in 1829, and also for epidemic reasons.”
“There is nothing entirely new and nothing contrary to the liturgical theology of the Church, which is intended to guide the faithful through a real world, sometimes facing serious crises, including medical ones. In certain contexts we must pass the test of Christian realism, which protects us from any form of magical approach to the “saints” and of the conflict of deep faith with practical reason.
Authentic Christianity, nourished by fidelity to the genuine evangelical tradition and to the philosophical and patristic tradition, does not artificially conflict with faith and reason, but cultivates them with a discernment that arises from faith in Christ, not from the own faith, “said the BOR spokesperson.
