The Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro said earlier today that they were going to abide by the recommendations of the National Coordination Body referring to Covid-19 restrictions on public gatherings, i.e. religious processions.
“Church representatives informed the Institute for Public Health about this decision yesterday, and it’s important to say that we were not making a deal with them to halt religious processions and we didn’t back their prohibition either. Taking care about the general health, both physical and spiritual, the church municipalities in Montenegro, as organizers of religious processions, were instructed to immediately inform the units of the National Police about the suspension of religious processions announced for June 28 this year. We call on all believers to come to their temples and churches on religious services, as worshiping in churches, monasteries and other areas which belong to them are not and cannot be banned,” the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral, MCP, announced.
They also said they were worried over the fact that the President of Montenegro and the President of SUBNOR “had been recommended” to cancel their previously announced public gatherings, while the church had been strictly prohibited from organizing peaceful gatherings, i.e. religious processions, outside churches and monasteries.
