The Greek Orthodox Church has demanded that Greece ease restrictions on in-person worship, as the European nation begins to reopen following a coronavirus shutdown, the Christian Post website reports today (April 30, 2020).
While Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis plans to lift certain restrictions enacted in March to curb the spread of the pandemic, a ban on in-person religious services will remain.
Church spokesman Metropolitan of Nafpaktos Hierotheos has taken issue with the decision. "What do they really think the Church is?" stated Hierotheos. "Do they consider it like any other supermarket or union or nail and hair salon?"
The Orthodox Church is the established religion in Greece with about 90 percent of the population identifying as Orthodox Christian.
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