Source: Mystagogy Resource Center
November 22, 2024
In the year 1918, a flu pandemic known as the Spanish Flu broke out throughout Europe and thus extended throughout Greece. In the area of Thermo of Central Greece, the flu pandemic was at its peak.
Every day for about three months, deaths from the flu, as confirmed by the Church’s books, amounted to up to twelve per day. The situation was tragic.
The testimonies of the people who lived through it speak of the shocking experience.
The relatives of the dead did not dare to accompany their loved ones even to their grave, because the disease was contagious.
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