If there is one thing that will leave marks in our current life and society, in these years 2020 and 2021, it is the pandemic situation caused by COVID-19 that we are experiencing. The presence of such a situation calls for an intense search for meaning, so that we can situate ourselves and manage the diffi culties that are imposed on us by such a situation. This article aims to present an analysis of part of this phenomenon: the relationship between coping with the pandemic caused by COVID-19 and the search for religion by women in Brazil, considering the context of patriarchy characteristic of our current culture. To this end, we conducted a bibliographical research, where we raise the main characteristics of gender relations in Brazil, highlighting patriarchy; we searched articles published in specialized journals and social movement sites working with women, data that present information on the incidence and consequences of the presence of the pandemic in women’s lives. It is assumed that, as in other aspects of their lives, the religious beliefs and practices of women, especially if effective within the home, have intensifi ed in these times, since situations that represent meaning needs faced by them have also intensifi ed.