COVID-19 stay at home orders caused many places of worship to close their doors. This church in Claremont, CA advertised its virtual services on Facebook while in-person gatherings came to a halt in April 2020.
An airplane banner over Minneapolis on May 22, 2020 urged families to stay home during Eid al-Fitr, the festival which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan for Muslims.
Photographs of individuals and families filled the pews of this church in Ashland, OH. Scenes of empty churches like the one pictured proliferated across places of worship during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Members of the St Louis, MO community gathered in a socially distanced prayer service at Saint Augustine's Episcopal Church for racial justice in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd. Worshippers were masked and outdoors to offer their prayers…
In preparation for in-person services after state guidelines allowed restricted capacity indoor gatherings, a volunteer sanitizes the pews of New River Chapel in Jacksonville, North Carolina in June 2020.