house of prayer
Example Sentences
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Turkey formally converted The Church of St. Saviour in Chora, known as Kariye in Turkish, into a mosque in 2020, soon after it similarly turned Istanbul’s landmark Haghia Sophia into a Muslim house of prayer.
From Seattle Times • May 6, 2024
He added: “You can’t call yourself the National Cathedral, a house of prayer for all people, when there are windows in there that are deeply offensive to a large portion of Americans.”
From Washington Times • Sep. 23, 2023
The carving of Mr. Wiesel reflects its mission to be a house of prayer for everyone and a sacred space for the nation to gather, the cathedral said in a news release on Wednesday.
From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2021
"He took the symbols sacred to our tradition and stood in front of a house of prayer in full expectation that would be a celebratory moment," she said.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2020
He was the jack-of- all-trades in a Hasidic house of prayer, a shtibl.
From "Night" by Elie Wiesel
