Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill urged to refrain from visits to temples on the eve of the feast of the Passover because of the pandemic of coronavirus.
As reported in the official Telegram-channel head of the Synodal Department for Church and society and the media Vladimir Legoyda, in a sermon, he urged the faithful to refrain from visiting temples and also “to stay in their homes and apartments in solitude”. Thus, believers can follow the feat of St. Mary of Egypt in the desert of Transjordan.
While the priests continued to conduct services.