ranchi churches in ranchi embraced technology with most of them livestreaming good friday mass services by priests as thousands of faithful listened to them from the confines of their homes due to the lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirusbehind closed doors of empty churches priests comemmorated the crucifixion and death of jesus christ and offered prayers for all those suffering due to the covid19 outbreak the ceremonies at all mainline churches were livestreamed for the benefit of the faithful this is the first time good friday and easter mass was livestreamed in the statein a recorded easter message that was uploaded on the portal of the 175yearold gossner evangelical lutheran gel church moderator johan dang said he died for us to deliver us from evil he suffered for more than six hours first carrying the cross and later nailed to it and left to bleed to death by becoming a man jesus made himself weak so that he could live among us through his death jesus brought us closer to god at the more than a centuryold st marys cathedral at purulia road in the state capital ranchi archbishop felix toppo assisted by four pastors prostrated before the altar before commencing the good friday mass on friday evening behind closed doors and without the presence of people more than a thousand devotees from across the state witnessed the mass livestreamed from the cathedral god loves us all he endured insults physical torture and finally death to demonstrate his love for mankind and to deliver us from evil toppo archbishop saidchurches across the city closed their doors for the public in the third week of march after temples and other places of public importance were shut to prevent the spread of covid19 though members of various churches were asked to pray from their homes a few of them planned to livestream the proceedings on a daily basissince good friday and easter on sunday are considered to be important and solemn occasions for christians the majority of churches ensured that prayers are livestreamed so that people can pray from their homes senior tribal leader prabhakar tirkey when asked of his experience of attending virtual easter services said livestreaming the service was a good decision i never heard of a virtual service before the lockdown has made me more techsavvy i am watching the livestreaming of services on my laptop along with my family its different because the priest is on a screen we are staying indoors only to keep everyone safe amid this crisis these services have brought my family and me closer to god he saidanother faithful jaya ekka of kanke area in ranchi said that despite facing audio problems due to slow internet speed the virtual service was a welcome move i got to know about the livestreaming of easter services through my local church it was difficult to understand how to access the stream but my son helped me access the easter ceremony on