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Central Maine faithful celebrating holy days in-person and virtually amid pandemic
Places of worship in the Augusta and Waterville areas are using a combination of virtual and in-person gatherings as key holy celebrations get underway a year into the coronavirus pandemic.
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Altar server Isaac Misner-Elias lights one of the seven candles placed in bread dough as the Rev. James Doran blesses the oil in the dough Wednesday while celebrating the Novena to Saint Joseph during a service at St. Joseph s Maronite Church in Waterville. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel
Across faiths, the ability to gather is at the heart of their religious practice, so limits on public gatherings have reshaped what worship looks like since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. ....

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