The Romanian Patriarchate opposed the obligation of clergy and believers to have a digital COVID certificate for admission to visit churches. This was discussed during a meeting of representatives of Romanian confessions with the Prime Minister and the Minister of Health of the country on December 2, 2021, orthodoxtimes informs.

“Just as this certificate is not required for citizens’ access to grocery stores, pharmacies, hospitals because they meet the essential needs of citizens, so the physical participation of believers in services in places of worship meets a vital need for spiritual nourishment and health,” – declares the Romanian Orthodox Church.

Earlier it was reported that the Georgian Patriarchate called on to defend the freedom of choice of a person, including during vaccination, as an inviolable right given by God.