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

Med Glas (Zenica). 2021 Aug 1;18(2):334-337. doi: 10.17392/1334-21.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: COVID-19; Eastern Orthodoxy; infections.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19* / transmission
  • Humans
  • Religion*