Metropolitan Dorotheos II of Syros made a statement, adumbrating the stance of the Church during the health crisis and speaking about what happens the day after the crisis.
As he pointed out, the Church has been ruthlessly slandered in the past, but has meekly carried her burden.
“The Church will always be at the forefront of the national struggle, as she knows better than any opportunistic pollster and researcher that our people, even in this ordeal, seek to rely on her, the bishops and the priests, and want to pray and go to the church in order to participate in the Divine Liturgy. Through the people’s faith and participation in the Holy Mysteries of the Church, the faithful become stronger and have the adequate equipment and moral courage to move forward on the road of the national recovery and progress,” said Metropolitan Dorotheos.
He also emphasizes that “the Church will never do one thing! She will never ‘negotiate’ the cornerstone of our faith, which is never in conflict with science, as, after all, science never competes with her, because the boundaries between them are separate and clearly defined.”
