Greece's Orthodox Church said yesterday that Holy Communion, the partaking of wine from the same chalice and bread for atonement from sins, would continue despite the coronavirus outbreak, the Reuters website reports today (March 11, 2020).
Debate has raged in deeply religious Greece on whether it would be prudent for the Church to continue the ritual, where worshippers sip from the same spoon.
The Greek Orthodox Church attempted to put a stop to the chatter: "This cannot be the cause of the spread of illness," the Holy Synod, the ruling body of the Church, said in a statement.
Senior members of the Church have told Greek media Holy Communion -- representing the blood and body of Christ -- was without blemish. "Whoever attends Holy Communion is approaching God, who has the power to heal," Metropolitan Seraphim told Greece's Alpha radio.
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