Wow This Is Unhygenic At The Best Of Times....

[ToraToraTora]

https://eurasianet.org/coronavirus-testing-georgias-faith-in-its-church
...do they think their "god" will protect them?

[ichkeria]

There was an interesting piece on the news earlier about how, in fact, the Russian orthodox church in Ukraine is flouting that country’s strict lockdown laws at the Pechersk Lavra monastery complex. Their claim that priests were “social distancing” themselves from their flock were contradicted by film of them freely mixing with and touching them
So their “sanitisation of the spoons” needs taking with a pinch of salt so to speak.
The church is pretty much a law unto itself. And Georgia has its own patriarchate

[Canary42]

Faith does have odd results sometimes. But be careful TTT as Spicerack and Mozz71 may think you're being a bit too smug, as in.......

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Society-and-Culture/Religion-and-Spirituality/Question1703344.html

[Old_Geezer]

IMO, naive fools.

[tomus42]

They're putting themselves at risk. I don't have a problem with that, it's up to them. It's the others that don't join in their ritual that they may subsequently infect that I feel sorry for.

As you say, it's a pretty horrible thing to be doing anyway from a hygiene point of view.

[douglas9401]

One look at the photo shows what joy the whole thing brings.

[alavahalf]

That image has been 'Photo shopped' .. as a rule you would have a machine gun on the roof of a pickup !

[Patsy33]

They look like thugs...

[Peter Pedant]

snake handling
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_handling_in_religion

handle with care !

It is mark 16 that has the bit (hur hur hur) about 'and if a snake bite thee' - nuthin like curling up with a good book !

[jourdain2]

This all seems very risky and some rules should not be flouted because they are an obvious source of spreading infection. I suppose it is up to them.

I personally, am agonising over the closure of our village church. I q

[jourdain2]

^^^ the screen wiggled and lost me - here goes again.
I, personally, am agonising over the closure of our village church for the first time in 1,000 years. I quite accept the 'no services' advice, but feel that to close the building is well over the top. If you are on your daily walk, why shouldn't you call in at the church for a quiet minute or two to be on your own and reflect? Actually, I'm very cross - a villager (one of the volunteers who opens and closes the church on a rota, but is not a member of the church) said to me yesterday "You say you are there for us, but the Church is closed". Welby has a heck of a lot to answer for.