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Impacts of the Pandemic on the Georgian Orthodox Church

Metreveli, Tornike LU orcid (2022) In Euxeinos 12(33). p.11-16
Abstract
The goal of this article is to examine the nature of interaction between the Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC) and the state during the pandemic. The article shows how the church’s gradual acknowledgement of the deadly character of the virus coincided with a strict adherence to certain highly risky religious practices (such as communion from the same spoon), while the Georgian government’s stance in defence of public health was unsystematic and accommodative to the church’s pressure.
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publication status
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keywords
Georgian Orthodox Church, Coronavirus pandemic, church-state relations
in
Euxeinos
volume
12
issue
33
pages
6 pages
publisher
Universitaet St. Gallen * Center fuer Governance und Kultur in Europa
ISSN
2296-0708
DOI
10.55337/MKMI1166
language
English
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2022-02-22 17:07:32
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  keywords     = {{Georgian Orthodox Church; Coronavirus pandemic; church-state relations}},
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  number       = {{33}},
  pages        = {{11--16}},
  publisher    = {{Universitaet St. Gallen * Center fuer Governance und Kultur in Europa}},
  series       = {{Euxeinos}},
  title        = {{Impacts of the Pandemic on the Georgian Orthodox Church}},
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  doi          = {{10.55337/MKMI1166}},
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