Word: churches
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...Even more complex, perhaps, is the dilemma posed by the expected crush of tourists at Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Built above the site of Christ's crucifixion and tomb, the church has since 1852 been managed according to an uneasy truce imposed on six warring Christian factions by the Ottoman sultan who ruled Jerusalem at the time. Franciscan Catholics, Greek Orthodox, Armenian, Egyptian Coptic, Syrian and Ethiopian sects each jealously guard their portion of the holy site, according the sultan's rules. But there is only one entrance to the church, which the Israeli authorities fear...
When the rally began at noon, the steps of Memorial Church were already canvassed with posters with messages such as "Is my pain fun - why cause it?" and "More than tolerance, I want love...
BGLTSA members and supporters stood on the church's stairs holding posters with the names of 20 people killed in the past year for their sexual orientation...
...lover of architecture who witnessed the fire bombing of Dresden as a boy during World War II, Blobel is donating much of his $960,000 in prize money to the restoration of a church and a synagogue in that city and of a historic building in Furbine, Italy...
...school, these kids are known as the Church Step Dirties because they convene after school on the steps of the Christ Lutheran Church, smoking Camels. At Webster, their perceived bad fashion, bad family, bad hygiene or bad attitude evokes disdain from many classmates. "A lot of people look down at us and write us off because of what we look like," says Gene. "They don't even know...