{"id":12270,"date":"2020-04-30T11:33:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T18:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/?p=12270"},"modified":"2020-05-03T11:47:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-03T18:47:31","slug":"closing-orthodox-churches-is-unjustified-offense-against-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/2020\/04\/closing-orthodox-churches-is-unjustified-offense-against-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing Orthodox Churches is Unjustified Offense Against God"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GeorgianHoly Synod of the Orthodox Church of Georgia –
\nThe Georgian Patriarchate issued a strong statement<\/a>, both reiterating its call for the faithful to follow necessary sanitary guidelines and responding to those who are attacking the Church\u2019s ancient practices.<\/p>\n

In many places where services have continued and the faithful have continued to partake of Holy Communion, those who are ill-disposed to the holy Orthodox faith, including amongst media representatives, are loudly attacking the Church and its hierarchs, accusing them of putting people in danger, such as in Serbia and Ukraine, Romania<\/a>, and in Georgia as well, as testified to by yesterday\u2019s statement from the Georgian Church.<\/p>\n

While calling on the faithful to observe heightened sanitary practices,the Georgian Patriarchate asserts strongly that a ban on Church attendance is an unjustified offense against God, and that those who reject the Church\u2019s Communion practices thereby reject Christ Himself.<\/p>\n

a ban on Church attendance is an unjustified offense against God<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThe current situation with the new Corona virus is said to be exacerbated,\u201d causing false attacks against the Church despite its own efforts to adhere to and enforce the standards of the state and the National Center of\u00a0Disease Control as much as possible, the statement begins.<\/p>\n

The Georgian Church continues to urge:<\/p>\n