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Serbian Orthodox Church: We call all the faithful for responsibility and sobriety

Mar 16, 2020 | 18:29
in Carousel Front Page, Patriarchate of Serbia
Serbian Patriarch Irinej appeals for ending the terror over the Church and the people in Montenegro

Patriarch Irinej of Serbia | Photo credit: Serbian Orthodox Church

A communique on developments related to the spread of coronavirus was published by the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

As it is highlighted, “the Holy Synod expresses our deepest gratitude and reverence for the day and night efforts in the prevention and suppression of the epidemic and calls upon them God’s blessing”.

It is also mentioned that “the Church offers its faithful a unique remedy for immortality, the Holy Communion, as well as the blessing of her holy Sacraments and of her entire sacramental treasury”.

The Serbian Orthodox Church “calls upon all the faithful of our Church for responsibility and sobriety in this situation and urges them not to neglect the instructions of the medical services and state authorities and not to neglect or ignore the prescribed preventive measures – in one word, not to endanger themselves or the others”.

Read the Communique of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church

The Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church has been closely and carefully following up the daily news and statements of those in charge of the Church, the State, and the medical profession about the increasing spread coronoviral infection that is dangerous to health – and in many cases, to life itself – to life of millions of people.

To all those who fight this plague, especially to physicians and other medical staff, the Holy Synod expresses our deepest gratitude and reverence for the day and night efforts in the prevention and suppression of the epidemic and calls upon them God’s blessing. At the same time, the Holy Synod expresses our condolenceto the families, relatives and friends of victimsof the fatal virus.

By serving to God, the Church has always served for salvation and for every benefit of our faithful as well as of all other people, our neighbors, and especially in these difficult days.

Having respect for the importance and achievements of medicine that is considered to be a great gift of God and a great human endeavor, the Church offers its faithful a unique remedy for immortality, the Holy Communion, as well as the blessing of her holy Sacraments and of her entire sacramental treasury.

The Holy Synod calls upon all the faithful of our Church for responsibility and sobriety in this situation and urges them not to neglect the instructions of the medical services and state authorities and not to neglect or ignore the prescribed preventive measures – in one word, not to endanger themselves or the others.

There is no space, however, for panic and rumors.

At the same time, the Holy Synod emphasizes that the Lord is our Hope and our Savior in every distress, and therefore we should multiply our sincere prayers for the sick, and especially for the doctors and other medical staff, who selflessly do all they can, often exposing themselves to the dangers, which is also a form of worship and selfless service to the human race. It is up to us as Christians and human beings to do all that is right for us, believing and knowing from the Holy Scriptures that everything is possible for God, even overcoming natural laws and unnatural processes.

Let us lift up our hearts! May we have trust in our doctors and, above all, in our Lord, the Healer of our souls and our bodies!

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