six masses and 1,400 injections a day
Vaccination boom in St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna. One of the most important buildings in the history of Christianity and Art began hosting a vaccination clinic in August as did numerous churches throughout the country which then experienced an escalation of infections to the point of prompting the government to enact regulations. severe such as the lockdown for the unvaccinated and the compulsory vaccination (first country in Europe) from February 2022. Since the summer, the Cathedral of Santo Stefano has been available to people who get vaccinated six days a week.
Despite the blockade in place in Austria, the demand for vaccinations against Covid is very high, as reported by the health service of the Order of Malta and the Order of the Hospitallers of St. John, who commissioned the campaign. Since August, exactly 17,817 doses of vaccine have been administered in the Barbara Chapel, of which 10,123 since the beginning of November and 2,872 just last weekend. The activity does not interfere with the cathedral’s program: the six weekday masses and nine festive masses that are celebrated, with the prayers, help and help the success of the vaccination service. Vaccination against Covid is also underway in other churches across Austria.
St. Stephen’s Cathedral was built between the 12th and 15th centuries and represents one of the most impressive and fascinating examples of Gothic: its highest spire (“Steffl”, which the Viennese use to name the cathedral) reaches 137 meters .