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MANILA, Philippines – They may be locked up in their homes, but Catholics still made their presence felt in traditional rituals on Sunday, April 12, to celebrate the greatest feast of Christianity: Easter.
Masses remain suspended in Luzon and other parts of the Philippines, but Catholics managed to participate in Easter Sunday rituals, just as they did during Holy Week.
In the city of Angeles, Pampanga, photos of parishioners were recorded on the pews of the church inside the Santo Rosario parish during the Easter Sunday mass this year.
At the University of the Philippines at Diliman, a procession was held on campus and in residential areas to celebrate Easter.
The Easter vigil and Easter Sunday Masses were also broadcast live for the sake of quarantined Catholics. (You can see in Rappler the Easter Vigil Mass directed by the president of Athenaeum, Father Jett Villarin, SJ, and the Easter Sunday Mass directed by Pope Francis).
This is how the Filipinos celebrated Easter at the time of COVID-19.
PRESENCE. The photos of the parishioners are recorded on the pews of the church while the Easter Sunday Mass is celebrated in an empty parish of the Holy Rosary on April 12, 2020, while Luzón remains locked up due to COVID-19. Photo by Ted Aljibe / AFP
EASTER SUNDAY. On Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020, a car procession takes place through the residential areas of the University of the Philippines at Diliman. Photo by Angie de Silva / Rappler
DEVOTION. Residents pray and observe during an Easter procession at the Sacred Sacrifice Parish in UP Diliman, Quezon City, on April 12, 2020. Photo by Angie de Silva / Rappler
SALUBONG. The traditional ‘Salubong’, a procession reminiscent of the meeting of Jesus and Mary on the first Easter, is held around the University of the Philippines in Diliman on April 12, 2020, with appropriate measures for physical distancing due to COVID-19. Photo by Angie de Silva / Rappler
SIGN OF HOPE. While parishioners have to stay home, churches remain the focal point for Easter Sunday on April 12, 2020. Photo by KD Madrilejos / Rappler
– Rappler.com
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