Aurangabad, Nov 18:
As per the government order, all religious places have been started from November 16. Each church has fixed a schedule of prayers to avoid simultaneous crowds and has also issued precautionary rules.
In Christ Church, instead of the usual two to two and a half hours of prayer and ritual, every Sunday morning, there will be prayers from 8 am to 8:40 am, 9 to 9:40 am, 10 am to 10:40 am, and 11 to 11:40 am. There will be two prayers on Friday from 8 to 8:40 am and from 9 to 9:40 am. Devotees will not be allowed to enter the church without a mask. Sanitation will be done in the church after each prayer. As a precaution, the sacred communion ritual will be done in a different way (deep system). Also every Sunday and Friday between 12 noon and 5 pm there will be baptism (naming), marriage ceremony, postpartum thanksgiving etc. However, the concerned must give prior notice to the priests for the rituals. In the same way, all the churches have prepared their own schedules and put them on the notice boards of the respective churches.