Christian confessions using the Gregorian (New Style) Calendar celebrated Easter on April 12. The COVID-19 measures changed the way people worship, with churches and synagogues closed and many Passover and Easter services streamed online. See the ways churchgoers celebrated Easter amid COVID-19 pandemic.
Worshippers find new ways of celebrating Easter amid COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 measures changed the way people worship, with churches and synagogues closed and many Passover and Easter services streamed online
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Pastor Nicolas Sanchez is seen on his iPhone used to live-stream in celebration of Easter Vigil Mass at St. Patrick Church in North Hollywood, USA. Many churches adapted their Easter services due to the COVID-19 pandemic
© AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes Keeping to safe social distance guidelines, worshipers pray at their own vehicles as they attend an outside drive-in Easter service at the Living Word church due to the coronavirus in Mesa, USA
© AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin Parishoners in face masks attending Easter mass service at the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea
© EPA-EFE/JEON HEON-KYUN Pastor Paul Marc Goulet praying to people in their cars at an Easter drive-in service at the International Church of Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, USA
© AP Photo/John Locher A man prays while attending an Easter service at Trinity Baptist Church in San Antonio, USA
© AP Photo/Eric Gay Pope Francis is seen during Easter Sunday Mass behind closed doors at St. Peter's Basilica in The Vatican
© EPA-EFE/ANDREAS SOLARO/POOL A nun with the Sisters of Bethany attending the Sunday Easter Mass at the Christ the King Church Roman Catholic Church in Los Angeles, USA
© AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes Catholic believers, wearing face masks and practicing social distancing to protect from coronavirus, are blessed by priest outside a church in Minsk, Belarus
© AP Photo/Sergei Grits Father Shaun Foggo hearing confessions from his parishioners in the parking lot of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Takoma Park, USA
© EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO A pastor in a mask and gloves speaking with a parishioner in the parking lot of the church, on Easter Sunday, in Spencer, USA
© AP Photo/Steven Senne Mobile Vicar Pat Allerton from St Peter's in Notting Hill performing an open air Easter service in Portobello Road, during the coronavirus outbreak lockdown in London, UK
© AP Photo/Frank Augstein The Rev. Nicolas Sanchez taking a phone call from a parishioner after live-streaming the Good Friday Mass at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Los Angeles, USA
© AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes