Posted on 04/17/2020 6:41:35 PM PDT by marshmallow
On Tuesday, April 13, the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church petitioned the state to lift the recently-instituted curfew this coming weekend so the Orthodox faithful can celebrate the Lord’s Resurrection.
In addition to a curfew from 5:00 PM to 5:00 AM, President Vucic also banned all movement from 5:00 PM Saturday to 5:00 AM Monday two weeks ago, thus wholly depriving the people of the ability to attend the Sunday Divine Liturgy. After the new measures, the services began to be celebrated without parishioners, although they were celebrated with respect to all the relevant sanitary and safety measures before the new order, with the faithful standing on the street at a proper distance from one another.
The Holy Synod’s request specifically asks for freedom of movement from 5:00-10:00 AM on Pascha morning, so the faithful could celebrate Paschal Matins and Liturgy, according to the communique from the Holy Synod’s latest session.
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