Vespers at Notre Dame
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A Response to “On administering Holy Communion in a Time of a Plague”
This was sent to me and deserves a read. You can read the Calivas article here . We can all agree that we are living in unusual times. However, the nature and extent of the illness that we face, and the proper response of the Church, is a matter of much disagreement. We have seen various responses to the COVID-19 epidemic: calls to close our Churches as infectious vectors, and demands to open them as places of spiritual healing. Directives a) ordering the cessation of sacramental life as part of an effort to “flatten the curve,” and cries for access to the divine grace that flows forth from those very mysteries; b) calling for the restriction of “at-risk persons,” and serious questions about the validity of such controls, c) instructions to liturgists to wear personal protective equipment during the celebration of the divine services and the distribution of the holy Mysteries, and uncertainty about the fitness of such practices. Who has been championing what and on behalf of whom? The ...
Notre Dame where? Paris? Indiana?
ReplyDeleteParis. How intriguing!
ReplyDeleteImagine the acoustics!
ReplyDeleteWhat was the occasion? (as in, why were they having it in Notre Dame?)
ReplyDeleteOctober 14, 2012, Metropolitan Emmanuel, Exarch of the Patriarch of Constantinople in France and President of the Assembly of Orthodox Bishops, celebrated at Notre-Dame de Paris Orthodox Vespers in honor of Dionysius the Areopagite and Saint Denis, the martyr, the first bishop of Paris. Two choirs accompanied the celebration of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral Saint-Etienne and the choir of Russian Orthodox Seminary Epinay-sous-Sénart. The Orthodox were greeted at the Notre Dame Cathedral by Bishop Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, Auxiliary Bishop Paris.
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