While said the Church would follow health protocols aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19 on Cyprus, Archbishop Chrysostomos said he wants the government to reconsider a decision that services during the holiday period must be held without anyone allowed in, ANA reports.
He also criticized the Bishop of Morphou’s refusal to prohibit people from going to services, in defiance of stronger measures that began on December 11, but added the Holy Synod would meet to try to persuade the government to exempt churches.
The Archbishop noted church leaders would ask the government to reconsider, but that, for now, Bishops and the faithful ought to observe all measures announced by the state, he said.
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