Communion ritual unchanged in Orthodox Church despite virus
1 / 10Virus Outbreak Greece Orthodox CommunionIn this Sunday, May 24, 2020, photo, a Greek Orthodox priest uses a traditional shared spoon to distribute Holy Communion during Sunday Mass in the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece. Contrary to science, the Greek Orthodox Church says it is impossible for any disease, including the coronavirus, to be transmitted through Holy Communion. ATHENS, Greece — in line.
“The danger of transmitting any kind of respiratory viral pathogen or even bacterial infections is quite high with the sharing of utensils,” she said. “And for it to be passed among what is probably a relatively large group of people means that all it would take is one person to have coronavirus at the back of their throat, which potentially is in their saliva as well.”
Whether Holy Communion should be changed or suspended for health reasons has become a hot button issue across much of the Christian Orthodox world, with churches generally refusing to bow to pressure from governments and scientists.“The issue of a single Communion spoon poses a very simple question: What is more important, the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, or the method by which we receive them?” Archbishop Elpidophoros, head of the Archdiocese of America, told The Associated Press.
“Throughout these years, there have been many cases of life-threatening infections, during which Orthodox believers did not fear but strived even harder to get Communion through a common chalice and a common spoon,” it said in a statement.
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