Sentence examples for churches from inspiring English sources

In Cappadocia, the thrill of hurtling along a trail on two wheels is amplified by its otherworldly landscape of rock pillars, known as "fairy chimneys", many reaching more than 40 metres high, as well as its cave houses and ancient Byzantine churches.

For all the optimism, church insiders privately acknowledge the decline of what are often already tiny rural churches means something will have to change.

The former homes of both Darío and Cortés are now museums; Fundación Ortiz Gurdian showcases a wide selection of Nicaraguan and Latin American art; the city also has several beautifully renovated colonial-era churches.

Hopkinson, who wrote a report on rural churches earlier this year that called for urgent reforms in some aspects of their administration, says a tiny congregation is not necessarily a cause for gloom: "It's very important to honour the small.

There is no traffic on the island so the best way to explore the stunning Byzantine monasteries and Greek Orthodox churches is by bike or horse-drawn carriage.

1. PRAGUE Snowflakes blowing across the Charles Bridge, music recitals in candelit churches, underground bars, firelit restaurants serving huge plates of comfort food and fine red wines... How could your lover fail to be won over?

Along the district's main road are burnt-out, AK-47-strafed churches and abandoned homes scrawled with child's drawings of bullet-spraying men.

The government ordered these forced deportations in 1915, and then passed laws to seize their lands and homes and churches on the pretext that they had been "abandoned".

International law may provide some assistance: there are assets expropriated in 1915 that can still be traced, and many ruined churches that can be restored and returned.

When she recalls her eldest sibling's engagement, she says, matter-of-factly: "We were worried because that was when they started burning down a lot of churches".

Wandering through the dense undergrowth, we came across little stone churches and clapboard houses.