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Thousands of believers flocked to worship the open casket of Metropolitan Amfilohije Radovic, who died in late October from coronavirus, and some of them touched the cleric’s body, Deutsche Welle reports. The reclaimed that pilgrimages are “God’s vaccine.”
The Montenegrin Daily Vijesti reports that thousands of people “largely ignored” the security measures, at the funeral that took place on Sunday in the Orthodox cathedral in Podgorica.
Doctors called on authorities to ban public burial and open coffins, calling the event a “nest of disease.” Regardless of the physical distance and the majority without masks, many believers touched the corpse of the metropolitan, on his hands and forehead.
After his death, the designated prime minister Zdravko Krivokapic described Radovic as “one of the greatest of us in this century.”
Amfilohije Radovic, a fervent Serbian nationalist with a major political influence, was diagnosed with COVID-19 at October 6 and I was internship since then in a hospital in Podgoriţto.
Following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, Metropolitan He appeared regularly without a mask, in public, in violation of the authorities’ recommendations. During ceremonies in May honoring a 17th century bishop, he declared that pilgrimage was “God’s vaccine” and thatIt would be nice if scientists invented a vaccine, but before it is found, there is a vaccine that has worked for centuries ”, referring to pilgrimages.
Montenegro, a small country in the Balkans with a population of more than 600,000 people, has detected more than 18,000 cases of coronavirus and more than 300 deaths associated with the disease since the start of the pandemic. 275 new cases were reported on Sunday.
Publisher: GC
