"The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece from the first moment of the outbreak of the pandemic managed it responsibly and urged “multilaterally and in many ways” the faithful to unite their prayers with those of the holy clergy for the rapid cessation of the pandemic and to follow……….. the instructions of the specialists for the treatment of the coronavirus spread, not so much out of fear for her “individual” their health, but because the first commandment after love of God, is love of neighbor, who is “Christ in another form”», 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.