The Holy Synod of the Greek Church recommended on Tuesday the “free choice” for vaccination against Covid-19, vigilance in prayers” and “frequent participation in worshiping life.”
Furthermore, the Holy Synod urged its members to “inform the faithful about the spiritual and regular teaching of the Church in matters of the pandemics.”
This was stated in a press release issued after a meeting with the Health Minister and the country’s top epidemiologists Sotiris Tsiodras who asked the high-ranking clergymen to support and strengthen vaccinations in the country.
Neither the conservative minister nor the epidemiologist who also chants during religious services not even the Prime Minister last week could apparently convince the holy fathers to issue a circular urging priests and the faithful to wholehearted support the government’s vaccination program as infections spike.
Apparently Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was convinced about the full support of the Greek Church as he urged citizens to “listen to the Church” during his address to the nation on Monday.
PS thoughts and prayers, as we say….
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He’s not even wearing his mask properly. Hilarious.
Anyone who believes in these old fossils in this day and age…well apparently there’s a link between being religious and not getting vaccinated. The church has always been anti-science and stuck in the old ages. I can’t believe our taxes prop up these antiques.
So I suppose you can summarise the first paragraph as: “Do what you want about vaccination, because we don’t get any money from that, but make sure you keep going to church and leaving your donations.”
Given the age demographics of the average flock and the CFR of COVID as a function of age perhaps the Holy Synod would do well to reflect on Galatians 6:7. A surge in deaths might yield a short term gain in income from funerals but cause a long term decline in recurrent income as donations from a reduced flock. Given the age of the average Holy Synod member, though, I guess they are not that concerned about long term income?