Sentences with phrase «religious pilgrims»

Jeddah is one of the preferred destinations among domestic leisure tourists and religious pilgrims as it is the gateway to the holy cities.

The tradition lives on, even though the religious pilgrims are now a minority.

And almost since that first in a series of 18 appearances to the young peasant girl, religious pilgrims have been making their way to Lourdes to pray at the spot of the apparition and to drink or even bathe in the waters from an underground spring that some believe have miraculous healing powers.

This change alone didn't make the strain pathogenic, but it may have helped it live longer in the guts of religious pilgrims traveling to and from Mecca.

Quite a contrast with the hubbub below of milling crowds of religious pilgrims, devout Jews from everywhere, Phrygia, Egypt, Cappadocia, Judea, Libya --

A small town, Manikaran has developed into being a prime tourist attraction with its incredible natural hot springs and religious pilgrim centres.

Not exact matches

Sadhus and Hindu pilgrims began to gather in Kolkata on their way to the annual Hindu holy festival Gangasagar Mela, where an expected hundred thousand Hindu pilgrims will gather at the Gangasagar to take a dip in the ocean at the confluence of the River Ganges and the Bay of Bengal, on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a holy day of the Hindu calendar considered to be of great religious significance in Hindu mythology.

It also noted significant problems in Iraq, where religious minorities and Shiite pilgrims have been the targets of devastating attacks.

Hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims led by naked, ash - covered holy men streamed into the sacred river Ganges at the start of the world's biggest religious festival.

In his contemporary novel The Blue Mountains of China, Rudy Wiebe tells the story of Mennonites who moved from Germany to Russia, China, Canada, and South America — modern pilgrims in search of religious freedom.

A railroad station crush left 36 people dead Sunday among tens of millions of Hindu pilgrims flocking to the banks of the Ganges River for the world's largest religious gathering, authorities reported.

The Jewish event and the Pilgrims» arrival in America are both celebrations of religious freedom, says Sherry Kuiper.

Clearly, it is within the canon of most religious traditions themselves to regard their followers as a pilgrim people whose tents must always, in a sense, be in motion through the wilderness.

The quotation from Psalm 118:26 in verse 9 was employed as a greeting for any pilgrim coming to a religious festival; verse 10 does refer specifically to the messianic kingdom, but the people probably have in mind the popular political hope.

Right in - line with the pilgrims that came to this country for religious freedom.

The outer court was in these weeks before the festival the scene of a market where animals and birds could be bought for sacrifice, and where pilgrims from abroad could change the money they brought with them into currency acceptable for religious dues and offerings.

Now let's do the tally of the religious: The Christian church responsible for the crusades Muhammed slaughtering everything that stood against him Protestant pilgrims descrating the Native Americans etc..

And that's not even to bring up the religious disputes, the clashing neighbors, the fanatical pilgrims and the earthquakes.

All societies, even the religious ones of the high Middle Ages or of Calvin's Geneva or of the Puritan pilgrims, distinguish between sacred and profane.

The Pilgrims were thanking God that they made it through winter, provided for them, and released them from religious persecution in England.

Under the present government the Ministry of Religious Affairs supervises the travel of the pilgrims to Mecca.

In contrast to our derision, Jesus receives Nicodemus as a pilgrim, a sincere religious seeker.

But Jesus received him as a pilgrim, a sincere religious seeker.

As they gain the summit, the pilgrims also reach a pinnacle of religious fervor — which sometimes becomes hysteria — expressed through prayer and ecstasy, a great many tears, quiet moaning or cries to Mary for assistance.

Of course its population was swollen by pilgrims and tourists at the times of the religious feasts.

He indicated that ``... the initial and agreed fee for the pilgrimage per person is $ 2,700,» cautioning interested pilgrims not to make payment to any individual or organization except the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs.

We spare no effort when it comes to the well - being of pilgrims and our number one priority is to welcome individuals from all over the world as they seek to fulfil their religious and spiritual duty,» said HE Dr. Awwad Alawwad, Minister of Culture and Information.

The Middle Ages saw the herb's migration throughout Europe as an appetite suppressant and fighter of evil spirits, and it was brought west with Puritan pilgrims for religious fasting purposes.

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The Imam Reza shrine (Persian: حرم امام رضا) in Mashhad, Iran is a complex which contains the mausoleum of Imam Reza, the eighth Imam of Millions of black - clad Shia pilgrims are converging on the holy city of Kerbala for the Arbaeen religious commemoration, the largest annual gathering of

A lesson in how the pilgrims came here seeking religious freedom could go a long way in promoting tolerance and harmony.

This bundle has doubled in size and now includes over 20 ready - to - use Pilgrim worksheets that are perfect for students to learn about the Pilgrims who came to America to avoid religious rules imposed by England.

Students learn how religious motives influenced the founding of the New England colonies by the Pilgrims and Puritans, and explore what life was like for children in a Puritan colony.

A train carrying Hindu pilgrims was parked at a station near Godhra, a city already known for religious tensions between its Hindu and Muslim citizens.

The Pilgrims were idealists who risked life and limb for religious liberty.

Similar myths were propagated in America, based on the religious ideals of Pilgrims.

According to the South Sulawesi Religious Affairs Agency, 11,963 haj pilgrims are set to depart from the Makassar haj embarkation point.

Lourdes is simultaneously a major pilgrimage site and a place where tourists come to see the pilgrims and religious facilities in action.

Gathelatio The seat of the Crystal Orthodoxy, this deeply religious city grew as pilgrims flocked to visit the Temple of Earth and the sacred region around it.