Sentences with phrase «church narthex»
You used to run into people in the bake shop, the butchers, the candle - stick maker, the church narthex and the women's relief society... So there were plenty of opportunities to discuss all manner of things and to share life, seasons, festivals, deaths... Modern life, suburbia, commuting, everyone working at all hours... has killed much of this face to face life and contact in so many spheres, depending on where you live.
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I remember standing in the narthex of the church looking at my friends.
The church's narthex (the space where visitors first enter, before proceeding to the sanctuary) was designed in response to the congregation's tradition of greeting one another in fellowship before the service.
The Congregation: Sacred space is different from other space; the inside of the church is different from the narthex (not «gathering space»).
I caught up with Harold Kelly in the narthex of the church following services Sunday.
He also invited me beyond the narthex into the main church for the next liturgy.
The Greek Church fences its altars with rigor, and non-Orthodox (I am one) are asked to remain in the narthex.