COVID-19 : World offers Easter prayers from its home

Pope Francis arrives to celebrate Easter Sunday Mass on April 12, 2020 behind closed doors at St. Peter's Basilica in The Vatican, during the lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus.

Pope Francis celebrates Easter Sunday Mass inside an empty St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican. Pope Francis and Christians around the world marked a solitary Easter Sunday, forced to celebrate the most joyful day in the liturgical calendar amid the sorrowful reminders of the devastation wrought by the coronavirus pandemic.

Pope Francis presides over a solemn Easter vigil ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica empty of the faithful following Italy’s ban on gatherings to contain coronavirus contagion, at the Vatican.

Ukranian descendant priest Elias Marinhuk wears a face mask and shield against the spread of the new coronavirus as he blesses Easter baskets carried by Catholic faithful on their cars in Curitiba, Parana state, Brazil. Marinhuk offered a Polish-Ukranian tradition called "Swieconka" (the blessing of the Easter baskets) as a drive through service because he could not accomodate people in his church due to social isolation, a measure set against the spread of COVID-19. Parana state has a large number of Ukrainian descendants.

Christians inside cars pray during a drive-in worship service to celebrate an Easter at a public parking lot in Seoul, South Korea,on Sunday. A church decided to hold their service with drive-in worship service as a part of precaution against the new coronavirus.

A priest leads an Easter Sunday Mass as he plays guitar on the roof of the Santissima Trinita a Villa Chigi parish church during the (COVID-19) outbreak in Rome, Italy.

The Vicar of Brenchley Reverend Campbell Paget prepares the Lord's table ahead of an Easter Service, at dawn in the churchyard of All Saints' Church in Brenchley, south east England, adhering to government advice on social distancing. Easter events have been cancelled across the country, with the government urging the public to respect lockdown measures by celebrating the holiday in their homes, during the nationwide lockdown to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

Catholic church altar boys walk down the aisle through the empty Holy Rosary parish church with photos of parishioners taped on church pews, as part of social distancing measures amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, at the start of a procession for Easter Sunday mass in Angeles City, Pampanga province.

Priest Fernando del Moral celebrates Easter Sunday Mass via livestream at an empty Santa Maria de Cana parish amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Pozuelo de Alarcon, Spain.

Pastor Barnabas Younis, second from right, leads a special Easter service from the rooftop of his house due to a government-imposed lockdown to help stop the spread of the new coronavirus, at a Christian neighborhood of Islamabad, Pakistan.

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, California. The COVID-19 measures also have changed the way people worship, with churches and synagogues closed and many Passover and Easter services streamed online.

Priest-in-Charge Angie Smith, uses her smartphone to live-broadcast an Easter Sunday service to her congregation at dawn, from the churchyard of Old St. Mary's Church in Hartley Wintney, west of London. The tradition for getting up at sunrise originates from the disciples going very early to anoint the body of Jesus in the cave only to find him gone. Churches have been closed both for private worship and public services since the outbreak of the Coronavirus in the UK.

A christian family takes part in Easter Sunday prayer through Facebook live broadcasted by Dhaka Baptist Church, amid concerns over the COVID-19 outbreak in Dhaka, Bangladesh.