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Munich / Würzburg (dpa / lby) - Ironically, in Bavaria, which is particularly Christian, there will be no late evening Christmas masses or midnight masses this year.
Many Catholic and Protestant parishes do not want to let the tradition be taken away from them and have therefore rescheduled without further ado.
Church services take place in the afternoons, some in the open air, and are broadcast live on the Internet so that as many believers as possible can attend at least from home.
Christmas masses are designed in such a way that visitors can be at home by 9 p.m. at the latest - because from then on, corona-related stricter exit restrictions apply throughout Bavaria until 5 a.m.
Only those who have a really valid reason such as a medical emergency are allowed out.
The Protestant Church in Bavaria has canceled all late Christmas masses and Christmas vespers.
Your Christmas services are to be broadcast on the Internet, radio and television.
The number of visitors to church services has been reduced, entry is only possible after registration.
Open-air services are to be held in many places across Bavaria in order to minimize the risk of infection.
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The ecumenical Christmas service with Regional Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm and Cardinal Reinhard Marx is to be celebrated on Christmas Eve at 4:00 p.m. in the youth church “Vom Gute Hirten” in Munich-Haidhausen.
It is broadcast live on the internet.
The mass in Munich's Liebfrauendom with the Catholic Archbishop of Munich and Freising, Marx, is to be shown online from 7 p.m.
On Christmas Eve at 8.10 p.m., ARD also broadcasts “Das Wort zum Christmas Eve”, a five-minute ecumenical address by Bedford-Strohm, who is also chairman of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), and Bishop Georg Bätzing, chairman of the German Bishops' Conference .
As a sign of hope, numerous Catholic and Protestant parishes also want to ring the bells on December 24th at 10 p.m. in Bavaria.
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Communication from the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising to ringing bells
Notification of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising about Christmas masses
Framework conditions for celebrating public services
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Livestream of church services in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
Livestream ecumenical Christmas service from Munich-Haidhausen
Playlist of all Bavarian church services in the livestream and as videos on YouTube