The article analyses the measures taken to protect worshipers in Slove- nia during the COVID-19 lockdown. The authors first analyse the measures taken concerning the COVID-19 on the level of the Holy See and the Catholic Church in Slovenia, then verify selected hypotheses with the use of answers, obtained by survey among singers in the elite choir in Ljubljana. The answers obtained by respondents show that while the churches were closed, worshipers followed the services/rites mainly on the national TV channel; they largely followed the services on Maundy Thursday and Easter, but less so on Holy Friday and Saturday; worshipers also reported that they mostly missed the "community" and "communion". Although the investigation has some methodological limitations and the COVID-19 measures have not yet been called off, the present findings are a starting point to reflect on the functioning of the Church in Slovenia.
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