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Priests on Crete deny the Holy Communion to vaccinated faithful

July 8, 2021 CORONAVIRUS 4

Some priests on the island of Crete refuse to give the Holy Communion to vaccinated citizens. And this at the time when the country is trying to speed up the vaccinations program in order to create a protection shield against the Delta Variant of Covid-19. The denouncement came by Professor …

Greece’s Church calls “neurotic” those saying “Holy Communion transmits Covid-19”

November 16, 2020 Greece Comments Off on Greece’s Church calls “neurotic” those saying “Holy Communion transmits Covid-19”

The Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church said that those insisting that coronavirus is transmitted through the Holy Communion are “neurotic.” In a statement issued on Monday, the Holy Synod claims that it is being targeted by certain media and that the Holy Communion is not “unhealthy.” The statement …

Bishop Amvrosios excommunicates PM Mitsotakis, Religion Minister

May 17, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, Greece Comments Off on Bishop Amvrosios excommunicates PM Mitsotakis, Religion Minister

One of the most hardcore bishops of the Greek Orthodox Church, Amvrosios, excommunicated the Prime Minister, the Education & Religious Affairs Minister as well as the head of the Civil Protection over the dispute whether the faithful can get infected with the coronavirus through the Holy Communion. Bishop Amvrosios read …

Prosecutors file against priests in Athens and Corfu for violating lockdown

April 12, 2020 CORONAVIRUS 1

Greek state and religious authorities have launched investigation into two priests who share the Holy Communion to fiathful, despite the explicit ban by both authorities. It was a priest in Koukaki district in Athens, who gave the Holy Communion to children and elderly at the back door of the church, …

Holy Synod: Liturgies behind closed doors, Easter celebration on May 26

April 2, 2020 CORONAVIRUS 1

The Church of Greece will hold liturgies during Easter Week behind closed doors and Greeks will “celebrate” Resurrection in the churches on May 26, 2020, the Holy Synod decided late on Wednesday. The country’s top clergy urged the faithful to follow safety instructions concerning the coronavirus, to stay at home …

Spoon divides Greece: Can the Holy Communion transmit the Coronavirus?

March 9, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, Very Mix 3

Thousands Greeks flocked to churches and many shared the Holy Communion on Orthodoxy Sunday, despite concerns about coronavirus outbreak. Despite all warnings, the Greek Orthodox Church has been insisting that Covid-19 is not a threat to believers, and that the virus cannot be transmitted via the Holly Communion spoon that …

No risk of coronavirus at Holy Communion, “Christ never had germs,” says Greek priest

February 28, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, Very Mix 8

Greek state broadcaster ERT invited a spiritual authority to give answers to commoners’ crucial and practical contemporary questions: is there any coronavirus contamination risk during the Holy Communion? There is no problem between the coronavirus and the Holy Communion “because Christ had never been a germs carrier,” priest Stylianos Karpathiou …

Man stabs priest for refusing to give Holy Communion to son

April 15, 2017 Society, Very Mix 1

An unprecedented incident took place in Kleidi village in Imathia prefecture in Northern Greece, when a man and his son attacked and injured a local priest. According to local media, the incident occurred after priest refused to give the holy communion to a 23-year-old man. Towards the end of the …

Priest doesn’t give Communion to Seniors with Dentures

August 22, 2011 Lifestyle 2

Incredible but true. A priest in a village near Patras in Western Greece refused to give the Holy Communication to seniors with dentures. During the celebration of Virgin Mary, worshipers waiting to receive the Communion, could not believe their ears when the priest grabbed the microphone and announced: Seniors wearing dentures …