Sentences with phrase «old houses of worship»

Attempts to reconceive the contexts of ordinary life and neighborhood, to replicate with more a sense of realism than an impulse toward beautification, to help imagine the lives of the people who built and used old houses of worship, make preservation worthwhile.

With the goal of reducing their carbon footprint by five tons a year, members of St. John's (from both Environmental and Facilities committees) participated in a 6 - week program through CT IPL called «This Old House of Worship.»

Our Lady of Lourdes is Minneapolis; oldest house of worship that has been in continuous use since its original structure was built in 1857.

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«Old English cirice, circe «church, public place of worship; Christians collectively,» from West Germanic * kirika (cf. Old Saxon kirika, Old Norse kirkja, Old Frisian zerke, Middle Dutch kerke, Dutch kerk, Old High German kirihha, German Kirche), probably [see note in OED] from Greek kyriake (oikia), kyriakon doma «Lord's (house),» from kyrios «ruler, lord,» from PIE root * keue - «to swell» - etymonline.com

Meanwhile, Iraq's beleagured president Nouri al - Maliki accused the organisation of trying to destroy the «centuries - old heritage» of Christians in Iraq, he said: «What is being done by the Daesh terrorist gang [ISIS] against our Christian citizens in Ninevah province, and their aggression against the churches and houses of worship in the areas under their control, reveals beyond any doubt the extremist criminal and terrorist nature of this group, he said.

and relight old fires of hatred and pain, I would worry about the safety too of the good American Muslims, although it was radicals to have a Mosque where 3,000 were killed seems to me to rub salt in wounds for many, I don't really understand what happened to the plans of statues and tributes to those lost in 911, other than a money factor.It seems like this Mosque will be viewed as a Trojan horse, no religion would want a house of worship to be a reminder of hatred.it should be a place reminding the world of peace and love if it's a place of worship, and in that location it will not bring a feeling of peace.

The United Homeowners Association's Know the Neighborhood CD - ROM, developed by LYSIAS Inc., offers information — one - year - old comparables, community facts, school statistics, crime rates, climate, houses of worship — on any address in the 48 contiguous states.