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Magdeburg (dpa / sa) - The churches in Saxony-Anhalt have appealed to people not to lose confidence and humanity in the corona pandemic.
Nobody could have imagined experiencing an Advent season with closed shops and public facilities, said the Catholic Bishop Gerhard Feige, the Regional Bishop of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany (EKM), Friedrich Kramer, and the President of the Regional Church of Anhalt, Joachim Liebig, on Tuesday .
Uncertainty and fear can be felt everywhere.
The number of infections and deaths speak a clear language.
In addition, there is concern for jobs and companies.
With a view to the contact restrictions to contain the pandemic, the church representatives warned that it is sensible to go into Christmas and the New Year, at the same time encouraged and comforted in frightening times.
The church representatives said that the mourning for the people who would have experienced this Christmas without the pandemic become a little more bearable.
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