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Rev. Fathers of the

Greek Orthodox Communities across Ontario

 Beloved in the Lord,

On August 28, 2020 Toronto Public Health COVID -19 Guidance issued a new Revision which can be found on their website:

 https://www.toronto.ca/home/covid-19/covid-19-reopening-recovery-rebuild/covid-19-reopening-guidelines-for-businesses-organizations/covid-19-guidance-faith-based-organizations/. These recommendations are based on guidance from the provincial Ministry of Health.

Please study carefully the above directives and discuss with your community council and decide what you want to follow:

1.Continue with the distribution of Holy Communion with individual Lavides for

each parishioner. 

2.Proceed with the distribution of Holy Communion with one Lavida for all persons.

3.Give the choice to the parishioners to receive Holy Communion with the same Lavida, or with different Lavides for each one of them. 

What ever choice you make, your Community will be solely responsible for all

consequences.

 

With fatherly love and blessings, 

 Bishop Athenagoras of Patara

Archdiocesan Vicar for Ontario

 P.S. It is advisable that this text is for the use of the Rev. Fathers and the Boards of Directors of our Communities only and not to be disseminated via Social Media.