Sentence examples for lower church from inspiring English sources

Mass of Christian Burial Wednesday, 10am at St . John &Mary's (lower) Church, Chappaqua.

Elsewhere in western Europe the choir level was much less raised, and the crypt, where present, tended more and more to become a lower church.

The lower church, built in the Romanesque style, is somber, cave-like and complex, whereas the upper church, a fine example of Italian Gothic, is bright, spacious, rational.

The Nativity has grown so large that it has become a permanent fixture of St. Athanasius's lower church, where it looks like a cross between an altar and a stage.

Friends will be received in the lower church of St. Francis of Assisi Church, 135 West 31st Street, New York, NY, on Sunday, December 7, from 4 00 to 7 00pm, at which time a vigil service will be held.

John Paul led Catholic clergy in the lower church of the basilica, clad with frescos by Giotto depicting the life of St. Francis; in rooms nearby, Jewish leaders stood in prayer while Muslims knelt on rugs on the stone pavement.

"But I have to give it to them: Their children are happier and healthier, their divorce rates lower, their church attendance higher, their lives longer.

An attempt to lower the church's liability insurance rates, the policy was adopted after lawsuits charged that sexual and physical abuse took place at the church's schools in the 1950's and 60's.

On a cloud-stacked day that threatened rain and cast a somber light over the proceedings, workers at ground zero joined parishioners at a Lower Manhattan church that has been their sanctuary for months.

Both men previously served on a lower-ranking church body, the Presidency of the Seventy.

Since Mormons have few unhealthy vices, their leaders are typically very old: Gordon Hinckley, the current president, is 97.At lower levels, the church is run by lay volunteers, so it has lower running costs than churches with salaried clergy.