Romanian priest becomes troll target for vaccine stance
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27/01/2021 - 11:33 3 min
Cluj-Napoca (Romania) (AFP)
When Romanian Orthodox priest Dorel Galan went public with his wish to get vaccinated against Covid-19, he was not expecting to be targeted by online trolls and anti-vaxxers.
Galan has been called Satan s priest , a disbeliever and accused of getting paid by the state to defend vaccination. I was suddenly attacked by people I don t know, by professional haters , the 45-year-old told AFP after Sunday Mass at his church in the northern city of Cluj, dropping the English word into his Romanian.
What attracted the harassment was an interview in which Galan recounted his experience of catching coronavirus.
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The Orthodox Church celebrates, on Wednesday, the Baptism of the Lord or the Epiphany, and the liturgical events occasioned by this celebration will take place this year in compliance with the sanitary rules, according to AGERPRES.
The Romanian Patriarchy emphasizes that there will no longer be large vessels of water as in previous years, but the faithful will receive Agheasma Mare (the Great Holy Water by Epiphany) already bottled at the Patriarchy s Cathedral, starting with 7:00 hrs, near the Summer Altar, to avoid crowding at its distribution.
On Wednesday, between 9:30 and 12:00 hrs, the Holy Mass will be celebrated inside the Patriarchy s Cathedral, in compliance with all the sanitary norms in force.