Holly Sacrament: the medicine of spiritual immortality or a vehicle for contamination?

The Holy Communion is the oldest Christian practice, through which a gathered group of people partake bread and wine with a shared spoon. The pandemic of COVID-19 produced unexpected social instability and chaos. In Greece, a recent bishop’s death from COVID-19 re-awaked the issue of infection tr...

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Main Author: Dimitrios Anyfantakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Medical Association of Zenica-Doboj Canton 2021-08-01
Series:Medicinski Glasnik
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Online Access:https://ljkzedo.ba/mgpdf/mg35/01_Anyfantakic_1334_A.pdf
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Summary:The Holy Communion is the oldest Christian practice, through which a gathered group of people partake bread and wine with a shared spoon. The pandemic of COVID-19 produced unexpected social instability and chaos. In Greece, a recent bishop’s death from COVID-19 re-awaked the issue of infection transmission by using a common chalice and spoon. This review evaluates the available medical literature on this topic from the beginning of the pandemic until today
ISSN:1840-0132
1840-2445