Bishop Thomas James Brown, the tenth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine, at St. Luke's Cathedral in Portland. He says helping others and God's power to transform death to life are foundations of the Easter message.
Bishop Thomas James Brown, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine in Portland's St. Luke's Cathedral April 9.
Ahmed Abdirahman is president of the Maine Muslim Community Center in Portland and a respiratory therapist at Mercy Hospital. "This is the first Ramadan when we won't be able to go to the mosque and celebrate," he said.
In this 2012 file photo, Rabbi Carolyn Braun of Temple Beth El in Portland makes matzo ball soup for Passover. The suffering that many people are experiencing during the coronavirus pandemic "makes Passover more relevant to where we are now," she said.
In this 2016 file photo, Rev. Kenneth Lewis stands in Green Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church. He says of Easter "Don't miss this opportunity to reconnect, to restore, to refurbish."
Bishop Robert Deeley, 12th Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, looks out on an empty cathedral before delivering Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on April 9.
Empty pews during Holy Thursday Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on April 9. The mass was live streamed.
Bishop Robert Deeley, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, says the pandemic has shown us our need for each other.
Bishop Robert Deeley, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, delivers Holy Thursday Mass at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Deeley said the pandemic has forced people to recognize the benefits of community at at time when technology has promoted independence and fractured society.
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