Easter 2020 during the pandemic
By Tim Wyatt This week has marked the most important period in the Christian calendar. Starting with Palm Sunday last weekend, Christians across the country would normally track the final week of Jesus’s life throughout Holy Week through to Easter Sunday with services, processions, rituals, songs, prayers and meals. On Maundy Thursday, believers remember the […]
Coronavirus and religion – update 9 April 2020
By Tim Wyatt Here are today’s latest religion news stories: Millions of Jews around the world celebrated the beginning of the Passover festival, or Pesach, yesterday with Seder meals. Traditionally, large groups of family and friends would gather to share a special meal and recite the story of the Jews’ escape from slavery in Egypt […]
