India’s 28 million Christians are just waking up to Good Friday under lockdown.
Like in many other countries around the world, there will be no church services today. Instead, people will either have small prayer ceremonies at home or follow church services online.
“This year, for the first time in the history of Christianity, the celebration of Good Friday and Easter will be held without parishioners physically attending the church services,” Father Maverick Fernandes, director Caritas Goa, a social wing of the Goa Church, told the PTI news agency.
A few big churches in Indian cities like Mumbai and Delhi, and across states like Goa and Kerala have already announced that they would live stream their services on web platforms, like YouTube and Facebook.
Source:Â bbc.com