The Minnesota Buddhist Vihara started live-streaming daily chants of Buddhist discourses in March 2020, with hundreds, even thousands, of people tuning in from home.
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.
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.