The good folk of Harvard, Ashfield and other long-suffering New England towns (again, beautifully evoked here in their half-settled state) attributed these rigours to drink or dementia, and often sent out vigilantes to attack the worshippers.
To this day, the Confessor's shrine in the Abbey attracts worshippers from round the world, including President George W. Bush who prayed there in 2003.
Of course, the Bieber worshippers immediately came out with knives on Twitter.
The Christmas Eve service in Moscow's Christ the Saviour began at 2200 local time, and the city's metro laid on special trains to allow the many worshippers to return home late.
Indeed, even the most ardent worshippers of big government would have trouble asserting that the Departments of Commerce, Energy and Labor add more to the economy than do Apple, Walmart, and Cisco Systems.
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Mr Crocker added that Muqtada al-Sadr, perhaps the most powerful anti-American Iraqi Shia leader, has now told his men to stop attacking Iraqis or Americans, prompted perhaps by widespread revulsion at attacks by his militia, the Mahdi Army, on fellow-Shia worshippers in the holy city of Karbala.
Regardless of the time of year, sun worshippers congregate on the Diller-von Furstenberg Sundeck.
Filing out of the church afterward, many worshippers kneel and kiss the hand of Fr.
Mr Webster will lead services on Sunday when he expects more than the usual 200 worshippers to turn up to pray.
About 200 people of all ages came together for the service and worshippers were able to light candles and say private prayers.
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The new pontiff gave his Angelus, or noon blessing, from the papal apartment window, speaking to more than 200, 000 worshippers in the square four days after his election as pope.
He is followed by two friends with candelabra and others carrying candles and lanterns, five choral singers who sing the Lamentation of the Virgin Mary at several points along the way, and many worshippers of all ages from Croatia and abroad wearing the tunics of religious brotherhoods.
The frieze, a mix of honey-coloured marble panels and glaring white plaster casts of pieces in the BM, shows a procession of worshippers carrying offerings to Athena, the temple goddess.
Whereas in the last few days the streets of the city were crowded with worshippers making their way to prayers, or sitting in quiet contemplation on the marble outside the Grand Mosque -- today the city is bustling with activities relating to departures.
Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue, the seat of the city's Catholic archdiocese, worshippers filled pews for a Mass honoring the new pontiff, Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina.
The majority of the three-dozen worshippers are retirees, including Sue Szyskowski, a retired homemaker.
Worshippers in the Church's 16, 000 parishes are being encouraged to tweet on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
In the second step, worshippers, when they recognize that God is with them, must learn to treat him like an intimate.
Worshippers at the Central Scotland Islamic Centre said Siddique, who had grown his beard long, had not displayed any hint of extremism on his visits.
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Each party took 41 seats, most of the rest going to mild Islamists, Turkomen, Christians and Yazidis (followers of a sect that is said to descend from Roman-era worshippers of the god Mithras), nearly all with the blessing of the two big Kurdish parties.
Shahid Ali, who was in the first mosque that was attacked, said the explosion came just as worshippers were starting Friday prayers.
He claimed he would break down all social conventions in order to encourage worshippers to consider the teachings of Buddha with an open mind.
Should the court rule Shambo should be put down then assembly government appointed vets arriving to take him from the temple will be faced worshippers praying outside.
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The documents show details of daily life, such as how heavy wax candles were a crucial purchase in order for 15th century worshippers to see the Eucharist during Mass.
The evening before the festivity of Saint Blaise in Dubrovnik, Croatia, as all the church bells in the city ring and white doves are released as symbols of peace, worshippers gather for a ritual healing of the throat to preserve them against illness.
He said that some worshippers who lived near the church "fled their homes during the attack and it is assumed that they are still hiding in the bush".
So relativity-worshippers may well have the last laugh.
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He travels to St Mary the Virgin Anglican church, home to worshippers from miles around which includes Shirley Bassey on its baptismal register.
The route is flanked on either side by worshippers carrying candles and wearing special clothing.
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