Sentence examples for over prayers from inspiring English sources

The patriarch presided over prayers on Saturday after arriving in Kiev on Friday accompanied by representatives of all of the world's Orthodox churches and bearing fragments of a cross on which the Apostle Andrew is believed to have been crucified.

Tensions have grown between traditional Jews and reform-minded women over prayers at the Western Wall, which contains the remains of the Temple that was destroyed nearly 2,000 years ago.

Mendez's move comes days after the Supreme Court decided to hear a dispute over prayers used to open public meetings.

The church fell silent as the bishop presided over prayers for the dead and invoked the Catholic creed that they would be resurrected.

My feelings about Judaism may be as sincere as the other Shlomo's, though someone next to me in the synagogue, seeing me stumble over prayers, would likely not be convinced.

In a city that one study says is 30% Muslim, there is tension over prayer space.

This allows the sisters to continue presiding over prayer meetings among the aging, pious folk in their remote seaside village.

But the presence of Brotherhood-originated networks, and their reach over prayer spaces and imams, is a consistent source of tension.

Late last year, US food processing company Cargill fired 150 Muslim workers from its beef processing plant in Colorado after a dispute over prayer breaks.

Activists from the group, wearing green military-style jackets, have "invaded" mosques in London, Bradford and Glasgow, trampling over prayer mats without removing their shoes.

Our schools have become a battleground for local disputes over prayer in school, for example, and property taxes, issues that have little to do with education.