Last modified on Sat 3 Apr 2021 03.02 EDT
In the past three months more than 25,000 people have filed through the spectacular nave of Salisbury Cathedral to be vaccinated against Covid to the sounds of Brahms, Elgar, Handel and others. Some may have offered a passing prayer of thanks to God and the NHS.
On Sunday there will be no needles, no vials and no medics. The vaccination programme has been suspended for Christian Holy Week and Easter weekend and the cathedral has reverted to its normal business of worship.
Even so, only 60 people are permitted to be present for Sunday’s dawn paschal vigil, and 160 for morning prayer at 8.30am. All other Easter Sunday services will be online. But worshippers are welcoming even limited church services this weekend after spending last Easter confined to home as clergy struggled to master livestreaming.
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