Sentence examples for communal praying from inspiring English sources

Yet communal praying is often viewed with suspicion by authorities, seen as a sign of terrorist plotting.

Gadi Gvaryahu, chairman of Jerusalem-based anti-racism organization Tag Meir, told HuffPost by email that he had hoped to host a communal "pray in" at Jaffa Gate, one of the entrances to the Old City of Jerusalem, but was told by the police that congregating at the site was forbidden "in light of the sensitive security situation".

We see these communal hermits praying in their cells, gathering in the chapel, working in the tailor's workroom, the laundry, the farm, the gardens, the kitchen, a cobbler's workshop and an improvised barber's saloon.

"Gérôme certainly knew that in the mosque the worshipers in communal prayer prayed and changed positions and gestures in unison," yet instead he added rhythmic contours and documented the range of local customs, the art historian Gerald M. Ackerman writes in the book.

In communal orders, the monks spend time with their fellow monks, working, praying and eating together.

And praying.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Nearly 90,000 Orthodox Jews bowed their heads in communal prayer at MetLife Stadium on Wednesday night to open what rabbis hailed as the largest celebration of Jewish learning since the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in 70 A.D. Yet for the estimated 20,000 women praying in the stadium's top tier, the moment felt private, as well as public.

Have they stopped praying?

Praying hands.

Practice praying.

Try praying.