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May 6, 2023 11:36 pm at 11:36 pm
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smerel
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For the past 150 years the chief rabbis of England have attended ceremonies in churches when the following two conditions were met (1)the invitation was coming directly from the office of the king or queen themselves and (2)the ceremony in itself was a secular one.
There are poskim who hold that the prohibition of entering a church is only during times of worship (minority view)