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The Liturgy of Preparation, also Prothesis (Ancient Greek: Πρόθεσις, lit. 'a setting forth') [ 1 ] or Proskomedia ( Προσκομιδή Proskomidē 'an offering, an oblation'), is the name given in the Eastern Orthodox Church [ note 1 ] to the act of preparing the bread and wine for the Eucharist .
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St. John's Catholic Newman Center is the largest Newman Center in the United States [citation needed]. It is located on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Consisting of St. John's Catholic Chapel, Newman Hall, and a variety of student-focused ministry programs, the center resides within the Roman Catholic Diocese of ...
The Georgetown Center for Liturgy, founded in 1981 by Georgetown University and Holy Trinity Catholic Church, was an education, research, and consultation center dedicated to transforming American Catholic parishes through the liturgical renewal initiated by the Second Vatican Council. The Center for Liturgy offered a range of quality national ...
All of the oldest congregations in the new world were founded by Sephardi Jews and followed the Sephardic liturgy. Congregation Mickve Israel, Savannah, Georgia (founded 1733, built 1876–78) Congregation Shearith Israel, founded in 1654, in New York City, is the oldest congregation in the United States. Its present building dates from 1896–97.
The cathedral grounds on Yoakum Boulevard in the Neartown area of Houston are used to host this annual festival. Proceeds from the Greek Festival are made to various charitable organizations, such as Children's Assessment Center, S.E.A.R.C.H., the Women's Home, Covenant House, Texas Emergency Aid Coalition (EAC), and the Star of Hope Mission.
Frank Colvin Senn STS (born 1943) is an American liturgist and pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.He served as pastor of five congregations: Gloria Dei in South Bend, Indiana (assistant pastor 1969-75), Fenner Memorial in Louisville, Kentucky (1975–77), Christ the Mediator in Chicago, Illinois (1981–86), Holy Spirit in Lincolnshire, Illinois (1986–90), and Immanuel in ...
The Byzantine Fresco Chapel is a part of the Menil Collection in Houston, Texas, near the University of St. Thomas.From February 1997 to February 2012, it displayed the only intact Byzantine frescoes of this size and importance in the western hemisphere.