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For weddings and baptisms, only a limited number of people were allowed.
When the quarantine restrictions were eased, churches could only allow the faithful to fill 30 percent of its capacity.
Senior citizen were not allowed inside church premises.
For Simbang Gabi and the midnight Christmas Eve Mass, people practiced health protocols wore face masks, face shields and kept a social distance.
Sunday Holy Masses were held online.
Religious activities were put on hold in 2020, with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdowns and quarantine restrictions closing church doors and cancelling traditional religious rites.
(PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN)
Among those cancelled were the Holy Week ceremonies, Feast Day procession of the Our Lady of La Naval in Quezon City last October, and the Grand Marian procession in Intramuros held early December.