Celebrate Christmas, but be restrained, Churches in Europe told
Jonathan Luxmoore reviews Christmas restrictions on the continent PA
Social distancing is enforced in a church in Paris
CHURCHES across Europe have urged Christians to be restrained and imaginative over Christmas, as rules and regulations were imposed on services and liturgies to control the coronavirus.
“We want to ensure the Christmas message is strengthened, even under the current conditions,” Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, who chairs the Evangelical Church of Germany (EKD), said.
“With the birth of his Son, God sent a sign of hope into the world, and we want to celebrate that right now. The current situation demands creativity and a spirit of improvisation there’s plenty of that in our congregations”.