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Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica is a Catholic basilica on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, which also houses the National Shrine of Saint Peregrine.Located at 3121 West Jackson Boulevard, within the Archdiocese of Chicago, it is, along with St. Hyacinth and Queen of All Saints, one of only three churches in Illinois designated by the Pope with the title of basilica.
Purim traditions include dressing in costumes, giving and receiving gift baskets, and re-enacting the story of Purim from the Book of Esther, or Megillat Esther. It commemorates the Jewish people ...
Pilgrim Baptist Church is a historic church located on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, USA. The landmarked building was originally constructed for a synagogue, Kehilath Anshe Ma'arav . The church is notable both as an architectural landmark and for the cultural contributions by the congregation of the church.
A Purim spiel (Purim play) is a comic dramatization that attempts to convey the saga of the Purim story. [79] By the 18th century, in some parts of Eastern Europe, the Purim plays had evolved into broad-ranging satires with music and dance for which the story of Esther was little more than a pretext.
Here's everything you need to know about the Jewish holiday of Purim, how it's celebrated and why it matters.
11005 S. Homan Ave, Chicago St. Denis 3456 W 83rd Place, Chicago St. John Fisher 10235 S Fairfield Ave, Chicago Shrine of St. Rita 7740 S Western Ave, Chicago St. Thomas More 2825 W 81st St, Chicago St. Walter 11722 S Oakley Ave, Chicago Founded in 1953, weekly services discontinued in 2021 [55] Most Holy Redeemer 9525 S Lawndale Ave, Evergreen ...
On Purim in 1994, Baruch Goldstein, an American Israeli settler, killed 29 Palestinian Muslims kneeling in prayer at the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron.
On November 30, 2003, Cardinal Francis George OMI, officially proclaimed St. Hyacinth Church a basilica of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Neighboring St. Wenceslaus parish was founded in 1912 as a Polish parish to relieve overcrowding at St. Hyacinth parish.