«Η Ιερά Σύνοδος της Εκκλησίας της Ελλάδος από την πρώτη στιγμή της εμφάνισης της πανδημίας διαχειρίστηκε αυτήν υπεύθυνα και προέτρεπε “πολυμερώς και πολυτρόπως” τους πιστούς να ενώσουν τις προσευχές τους με αυτές του ιερού κλήρου για την ταχεία παύση της πανδημίας και να ακολουθούν……….. the instructions of the specialists for the treatment of the coronavirus spread, όχι τόσο από φόβο για την “ατομική” υγεία τους, but because the first commandment after love of God, is love of neighbor, ο οποίος είναι “ο εν ετέρα μορφή Χριστός”», reports, including, in the announcement issued today by the Permanent Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, following its two-day meeting.
in addition to, emphasizes that "during the feast of the Epiphany inside the holy temples there was order and observance of the prescribed sanitary measures, while the cases of derogations in which the measures were not observed outside the holy temples, were minimal and unfortunately magnified disproportionately by the media ".
In addition, "Denounces the broadcasts from the celebration of the Epiphany of previous years as this year's snapshots by the television stations ALPHA, SKY and STAR, as well as for press releases with corresponding content. Such schemes can not be related to the high democratic mission of the journalistic function. ", points out in the announcement.
also, "He strongly protests against publications, not of critics, even harsh in the Church, but of those who with systematic one-sidedness and expediency target the Church, the shepherds and its people and above all try to blame every manifestation of their religious sentiment ".
indeed, following a question he received, the representative of DIS, Metropolitan Ilios Athenagoras, stressed that the Church will appeal to the ESR for false reports.
Regarding the metropolitan of Kalavrita and the celebration of the Epiphany, stressed that it was decided to send him a letter, without, however, revealing its contents.
End, for the concern that political marriages are allowed and not religious marriages, His Excellency underlined that in the appeal filed by the Church in the CoC there is a request to provide that weddings and baptisms can be held with a minimum of people.
