MOSCOW, may 4 – RIA Novosti. God is not a humanist and lover of mankind, he made the epidemic coronavirus that people have learned to love others and through that have learned of God himself, said the Metropolitan of Pskov and Porkhov Tikhon (Shevkunov) in the program “Parsuna” on TV channel “Spas”.
During the conversation it was noted that some priests of the Russian Church services were held in the presence of the congregation, in spite of the limitations in connection with the coronavirus. Presenter of the program Vladimir Legoyda said: in response to the argument that the ban on the admission of parishioners in temples introduced to the people themselves, their health, these priests said that “there are things humanity above”.
Speaking about the causes of the epidemic of the coronavirus, the Metropolitan stressed that it is allowed by God “for repentance, rethinking and change of life.”
“We need to learn through this test God – what a real active love and how it can and should be expressed”. So, according to him, the heart of man must be sensitive, “to immediately respond to all pain and answer correctly.”
the Moscow Patriarchate at the request of the chief sanitary doctor of the capital ordered the clergy of Moscow and Moscow region on April 13 to hold services without the participation of the congregation. Later, these restrictions were extended until further order of the hierarchy. Similar measures were introduced in many dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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