Posted on 03/31/2020 5:32:40 PM PDT by marshmallow
As quarantine and isolation measures are adopted by states and Churches throughout the world to combat the highly-contagious coronavirus, several clergymen find themselves in trouble with the law for continuing to serve in their churches.
Yesterday, a priest in the Central Greece village of Dirfys-Messapia was arrested for having opened his church and having offered Holy Communion to several faithful in violation of the state’s order to suspend liturgical services, reports ekklisiaonline.gr.
On March 16, the Greek state banned all Church services until March 30, and although the Church petitioned to be allowed to at least serve the Liturgy behind closed doors, the restriction was extended until April 11 yesterday.
A concerned citizen called the 112 emergency hotline, and the priest was arrested and taken to the Messapia Police Department.
On the same day, police detained 11 worshipers and the abbot during the morning Liturgy at Reževići Monastery in Katun Reževići, Montenegro, reports the Montenegro Direct Line Telegram channel.
“’Montenegrin police detained 11 citizens in the Reževići Monastery during the morning Liturgy. The abbot of the monastery, Archimandrite Chrysostom (Nešić) from the Republic of Serbia, was also arrested on suspicion of failing to comply with health standards for fighting the dangerous infectious disease....,’ said the police department,” the Telegram channel reports.
Fr. Chrysostom commented on the situation in a video published by Montenegro Direct Line.
“Today we had a Liturgy and several people came—a pregnant woman with her husband, a woman with young children and several others to pray to God. Then the police came, recorded the names of people and called me in [for questioning—Ed.]. Then they called in the serving priest, Hieromonk Elijah,” said Fr. Chrysostom.
Fr. Elijah will go to court tomorrow despite the fact that Fr. Chrysostom took full responsibility for the.......
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Silly people. Should have held service inside a Planned Parenthood clinic. Nobody touches them. Ever.
You're right of course.
It's politically correct for a woman to murder her own flesh and blood. And, then, of course, there are the abortion doctors, nurses, staff and hospital who go along with it.
Our good Lord will have something to say to THEM when they try to enter the pearly gates.
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