Sentence examples for prayer performance from inspiring English sources

Tolokonnikova, 24, and Alyokhina, 25, were freed in December three months before the end of their two-year sentences for staging an anti-Putin "punk prayer" performance in a Moscow cathedral.

The ruling, by a three-judge panel of Moscow City Court, upheld the guilty verdict against all three women on charges of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred, stemming from a "punk prayer" performance by the band in the city's main Orthodox cathedral in February in which they urged the Virgin Mary to rid Russia of Vladimir V. Putin.

The lyrics are especially poignant as the members of Pussy Riot served nearly two years in a Russian prison after criticizing Putin in their 2012 "Punk Prayer" performance in Moscow.

This problem arose most acutely almost two decades ago, when a chant boom resulted from a recording of performances by monks that a critic could only deem sentimental; for the monks it was prayer, not performance.

It was prayer not performance.

We started to reflect a little about the spirituality, the prayer of performance, the prayer of long-distance running.

That was one of the milder lines in the "punk prayer" whose performance in a Moscow cathedral led to prison terms for the young female singers of Pussy Riot who were released today.

Since 1997 she focused on creating a series of minimalist, ethereal Mandalas, "movement mediations that occupy a place between prayer and performance," that she continued until the time of her death and that her company performed in numerous venues.

Common offerings include food, candles, prayers, opera performances and birthday parties.

(f) The formerly gay gospel singer who advocates "curing" homosexuality with prayer, and whose performance at Obama-sponsored concerts upset gays and liberals.

Backstage on Friday night the actors were full of the usual jitters; some said silent prayers for a good performance, and at least one said a prayer for the three men killed.