holy communion in the time of pandemic
taken from a shared spoon George's
Orthodox Church has defiantly refused to
adapt the sacred ritual despite the risk
of spreading infection we perishing has
come here in such high spirits that it
is impossible to have doubts and fears
Holy Communion is the greatest thing on
the georgia state of emergency
gatherings of more than three people are
banned but last week on Palm Sunday at
boluses main cathedral there were no
police to enforce it these markings here
indicate the distance that people should
be keeping apart from each other but
unfortunately outside and most
importantly inside the cathedral these
rules are not inside the cathedral
worshippers are kissing icons with no
disinfection in sight some keep their
distance but it's difficult to maintain
even in a building of this size
Georgia's most revered man the patriarch
Ilia ii has read that the Easter
services will go ahead
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this promo video shows the georgian
police in action issuing hefty fines for
those not complying with the state of
emergency so many people are questioning
why the authorities have not penalized
the church they believe that the
church's chief political ally which can
alienate they came to power in 2012 to
LA to a large extent because in that
regard well not from certainty process
the country's prime minister says his
government has been trying to strike a
balance by keeping its doors open the
church says it is providing a much
needed spiritual relief to the nation
but with covet 19 infection rates going
up the country's health authorities are
calling on people to listen to the
science for the sake of their country
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