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Corona-quotes from top clerics, all members of Holy Synod, a decision-making council of Georgian Orthodox Church:
#9
& #39;if you have a temperature, you shouldn& #39;t go [to church]. However, this shouldn& #39;t mean a total strike like not going to church or to work& #39;, Davit Makharadze, Bishop of Alaverdi, in mid-April (asymptotic infection is long known)
![#9& #39;if you have a temperature, you shouldn& #39;t go [to church]. However, this shouldn& #39;t mean a total strike like not going to church or to work& #39;, Davit Makharadze, Bishop of Alaverdi, in mid-April (asymptotic infection is long known)](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVqdb-yX0Ac6Tsb.jpg "#9& #39;if you have a temperature, you shouldn& #39;t go [to church]. However, this shouldn& #39;t mean a total strike like not going to church or to work& #39;, Davit Makharadze, Bishop of Alaverdi, in mid-April (asymptotic infection is long known)")
& #39;if you have a temperature, you shouldn& #39;t go [to church]. However, this shouldn& #39;t mean a total strike like not going to church or to work& #39;, Davit Makharadze, Bishop of Alaverdi, in mid-April (asymptotic infection is long known)
#8
‘I, for one, think we should hold Easter liturgy at the stadium& #39;, Anton Bulukhia, Bishop of Vani and Bagdati. 3 April.
‘I, for one, think we should hold Easter liturgy at the stadium& #39;, Anton Bulukhia, Bishop of Vani and Bagdati. 3 April.
#7
& #39;Can someone guarantee nothing will happen if we sit at home instead?& #39; - Jakob Iakobashivli, Bishop of Bodbe, on 13 April.
& #39;Can someone guarantee nothing will happen if we sit at home instead?& #39; - Jakob Iakobashivli, Bishop of Bodbe, on 13 April.
#6
& #39;I can not welcome this& #39;, Bishop Gerasime Sharashenidze, Bishop of Zugdidi and Tsaishi, on a proposal clergy being tested for a virus. 10 April.
& #39;I can not welcome this& #39;, Bishop Gerasime Sharashenidze, Bishop of Zugdidi and Tsaishi, on a proposal clergy being tested for a virus. 10 April.
#5
& #39;If one is even slightly ill and doesn& #39;t know about it, they will be healed by coming to church& #39;, Daniel Datuashvili, Bishop of Chiatura-Sachkere, 7 April.
& #39;If one is even slightly ill and doesn& #39;t know about it, they will be healed by coming to church& #39;, Daniel Datuashvili, Bishop of Chiatura-Sachkere, 7 April.
#4
& #39;The Church follows [recommendations] ideally, the fact that there is no one infected among us is a testimony to this& #39;, Ioane Gamrekeli, Bishop of Kutaisi-Gaenati, on 7 April, a week before 1st confirmed case among clergy.
![#4& #39;The Church follows [recommendations] ideally, the fact that there is no one infected among us is a testimony to this& #39;, Ioane Gamrekeli, Bishop of Kutaisi-Gaenati, on 7 April, a week before 1st confirmed case among clergy.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVqeuZfWoAMMysM.jpg "#4& #39;The Church follows [recommendations] ideally, the fact that there is no one infected among us is a testimony to this& #39;, Ioane Gamrekeli, Bishop of Kutaisi-Gaenati, on 7 April, a week before 1st confirmed case among clergy.")
& #39;The Church follows [recommendations] ideally, the fact that there is no one infected among us is a testimony to this& #39;, Ioane Gamrekeli, Bishop of Kutaisi-Gaenati, on 7 April, a week before 1st confirmed case among clergy.
#3
Iob Akiashvili, Bishop of Ruis-Urbnisi, about a priest who tested positive for COVID-19: & #39;Maybe it& #39;s a result of him sinning. Everything happens for a reason... If we look at it, mostly elderly die from coronavirus, when they have to depart from this word& #39;. 15 April
Iob Akiashvili, Bishop of Ruis-Urbnisi, about a priest who tested positive for COVID-19: & #39;Maybe it& #39;s a result of him sinning. Everything happens for a reason... If we look at it, mostly elderly die from coronavirus, when they have to depart from this word& #39;. 15 April
#2
& #39;Georgia is chosen by Mother of God. This is God& #39;s will. It& #39;s not random that this disease, which has spread all over the world, is not in Georgia& #39;, Patriarch Ilia II on 15 February, 11 days before the first confirmed COVID-19 case in Georgia.
& #39;Georgia is chosen by Mother of God. This is God& #39;s will. It& #39;s not random that this disease, which has spread all over the world, is not in Georgia& #39;, Patriarch Ilia II on 15 February, 11 days before the first confirmed COVID-19 case in Georgia.
#1
& #39;Killing babies, abortions, normalising sodomy... Maybe it& #39;s time we think these are the reasons for the total outbreak of virus?& #39; Shio Mujiri, Bishop of Senaki & Chkhorotsku and Patriarchal Locum since 2017, on 29 March.
& #39;Killing babies, abortions, normalising sodomy... Maybe it& #39;s time we think these are the reasons for the total outbreak of virus?& #39; Shio Mujiri, Bishop of Senaki & Chkhorotsku and Patriarchal Locum since 2017, on 29 March.
Credits to liberal watchdog outlets http://On.ge"> http://On.ge , Tabula, Netgazeti - their staff, I think, listen to all their sermons, something that qualifies for a special retirement scheme when the time is due.
Sorry for gender imbalance! (I assume all of them self-identity as cis-men)
