For former residents of Iqrit, where Israeli forces leveled everything but the church in 1951, religious rituals bind them to a place from which they were expelled.
Tag: Churches (Buildings)
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A Cathedral Tried to Approach Heaven, but the Earth Held a Deep Secret
Flows of spring water cut the planned height of St. John the Divine in half and prompted studies to illuminate the church’s watery past and future.
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Cathedral of St. John Finally Solves a 100-Year-Old Problem
The cathedral’s dome, a tour de force of tile, was supposed to be temporary. Instead, it’s lasted more than a century. Now, after a $17 million rehab, it could last a couple hundred more.
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In Chicago, a Battle Over a Religious Statue Is About Much More Than Religion
The city’s Pilsen neighborhood used to be home to Polish immigrants. Now it’s mostly Latino. Both groups see much at stake in the fate of a replica of Michelangelo’s Pietà.
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18 Children Killed in Fire at Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church
At least 41 people died from smoke inhalation and a stampede when a fire swept through a Coptic Orthodox church on Sunday. The church said a generator started the blaze.