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La Iglesia ortodoxa de Grecia, renuente a medidas preventivas, ‘prueba’ la covid-19

Después de que cinco obispos se contagiaron y uno de ellos murió, el clero se ha vuelto menos hostil y escéptico

(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 17, 2020 a child receives the sacraments in a church of Thessaloniki, as churches in Greece reopened after a two-month-long closure aimed at stemming the spread of the COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus. - For months, many Greek clerics treated the country�s lockdown restrictions with scepticism, even hostility. But when several prominent members -- including its leader -- fell ill with the virus, the powerful Orthodox church had to face reality. At least five prominent clerics have been stricken with the virus in the past month, one of whom has died; (Photo by Sakis MITROLIDIS / AFP)
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 17, 2020 a child receives the sacraments in a church of Thessaloniki, as churches in Greece reopened after a two-month-long closure aimed at stemming the spread of the COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus. - For months, many Greek clerics treated the country�s lockdown restrictions with scepticism, even hostility. But when several prominent members -- including its leader -- fell ill with the virus, the powerful Orthodox church had to face reality. At least five prominent clerics have been stricken with the virus in the past month, one of whom has died; (Photo by Sakis MITROLIDIS / AFP) SAKIS MITROLIDIS
Un niño recibe la comunión en una iglesia de Tesalónica, Grecia, el 17 de mayo del 2020. AFP (SAKIS MITROLIDIS/AFP)

Atenas. La poderosa Iglesia ortodoxa griega, hasta ahora ampliamente escéptica e incluso hostil a las medidas impuestas por las autoridades contra el coronavirus, debe hacer frente a la realidad de la pandemia, después de la contaminación de cinco prelados.

La Iglesia “al principio no se dio cuenta de la magnitud del problema”, expresa Chrysostomos Stamoulis, profesor de Teología en la Universidad de Salónica. Pero el mes pasado, al menos cinco obispos se contagiaron de covid-19, y uno de ellos murió.

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