Posted on 12/08/2020 6:48:50 PM PST by marshmallow
South Korea imposed a ban on Christmas church services in Seoul as a response to a recent surge in cases of the Chinese coronavirus, sparking anger and disappointment from swathes of the country’s religious community, the Korea Herald reported Monday.
Under the new government tier system intended to curb the spread of the virus, churches in Seoul will be unable to hold in-person services for three weeks beginning Tuesday. Small groups meeting and dining together will also be prohibited.
The move has sparked criticism from the United Christian Churches of Korea, one of the country’s biggest associations of Protestant churches, calling the Level 2.5 measure regarding religious services an “unrealistic regulation.” In a statement released on Sunday, the association called on the government to impose restrictions based on the size and indoor space of the church or said facility.
“(The government) should suggest a tightly targeted model that does not infringe on the freedom of religion and daily lives of the people,” the statement read. “We should prepare for the post-pandemic, recognizing the importance of not just sanitary, physical disinfection but also psychological, mental disinfection.”
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Maybe they need to move it to “Soul”!
Should be close!!
They are a very large Christian nation in the Pacific.
FU China
The few Koreans I know are assertive, stubborn people. In other words, they will find a way to celebrate the birth of Jesus on their own.
Perhaps they could move their Christmas observance to this
On This “Little Christmas”
January 6th from my The First Book Of Moses poetry page
On This “Little Christmas”
January 6th
Once Upon a Time and not too long ago
The Twelfth Night Of Christmas
was celebrated with a ball
From the Day of Babes Birth
and the 11 thereafter
kith and kin were paid a visit
and friends from far and near
once were paid a call
So on this day I pray in the spirit that this date recalls
Let the gift of homage of kings gain
in the spirit of the days this season yet remain
ere it wane
Be thine Blessings Great
and misfortunes thee none befall
This poem is an abbreviated version from my websites poetry page which shows how the Christmas season was observed by Catholics in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood during depression times and WWII.The page also lists the differences from traditional Roman Catholic Christmas observance and the present after Vatican 2.Which eliminated a period of mortification during the advent period of fast and abstinence or reducing emphasis on observing feast days such as Immaculate Conception December 8th and the 12th day of Christmas known as the Epiphany January 6th.Resulting in listing Epiphany no longer on most calendars because of the decision to observe Epiphany to a Sunday following Christmas the 25th and New Years which was then known as the feast of Circumcision later named The Presentation when Jesus was presented in the Temple .
http://www.theusmat.com/natdesk.htm
Satan just wants to do away with Christmas so bad.....
Because we all know how Christianity spreads that COVID thing.
Another mask coming off the communistic socialist government with that said ROK Christian’s should openly defy this tyranny and flock into their places of worship in mass numbers this Christmas.
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