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Munich (dpa / lby) - Believers in Bavaria do not have to go without visiting a church or synagogue at Easter.
State Chancellor Florian Herrmann (CSU) made it clear on Wednesday after a conversation with representatives of the Christian churches and the regional association of the Israelite religious communities in Munich that “nothing will change in the possibility of face-to-face services”.
As part of the current infection control measures ordinance, Easter services could take place, they should be “still unrestrictedly permissible”.
The state government recommends that the municipalities offer and expand digital formats.
But: "We don't want to exert any pressure there."
In this strategy there is "agreement" between the state government and the religious communities, said Herrmann.
The churches had previously criticized that they had been surprised by the request from the federal and state governments to refrain from attendance at Easter.
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In the text of the resolution, which the federal government and the federal states agreed on Tuesday night after twelve-hour deliberations, it says with a view to the Easter days: “The federal government and the federal states will approach the religious communities with the request that religious assemblies only be held virtually during this time to be carried out. "
Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) was in charge of negotiating the entire decision during the night.
And also in the decision of the Bavarian cabinet on Tuesday it says: "The religious communities are called on not to hold religious meetings in person, but only virtually."
On Tuesday night, the federal and state governments had also agreed on an extended Easter rest with a shutdown of large parts of economic life.
In the meantime, Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) has stopped these plans because of implementation problems.
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