MOSCOW, 10 APR — RIA Novosti. In the Moscow Patriarchate encouraged the faithful during Holy week and Easter to pray at home and not to attend worship, with a definite ban on this is no, the document developed by the working group when Patriarch Kirill for the coordination of the activities of Church institutions in terms of the spread of coronavirus infection.
“the Clergy, monasteries and parishes, guided by the blessing of his Holiness Patriarch, it is recommended to call parishioners to prayer home to remove the restrictions imposed by the authorities. This applies, in particular, Holy week, and Easter Sunday,” — said in the document that published in the Telegram channel working group.
however, according to him, “in the case of sanitary-epidemiological situation allows for the possibility of visiting the temples of the congregation, or part of them, attached a list of specific measures to ensure the safety of the clergy and parishioners.”
As explained in the Patriarchate, recommendations sent to all the dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Vicariate of Moscow, they relate to the organization and worship on palm Sunday (April 12), on Holy week, the day of Christ’s Resurrection and the Easter period.
“it is Noted that the application of these guidelines fully or in part, and their possible addition, at the discretion of the diocesan bishops subject to the sanitary-epidemiological of the situation in each region”, — stated in the message of the working group.
Earlier, Patriarch Kirill urged the faithful to stay at home and refrain from visiting temples for the period of quarantine measures. Prior to this, the Synod also approved a number sanitary of the measures taken in the temples to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection.
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