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Church

1 "Church", a song by OutKast on the album ________

2 ________, sometimes called "the Church"

3 Church, a ________

4 ________, the worldwide body of Christians

5 ________, formal Christian religious leadership

6 ________, a physical structure used for religious activities

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Espoo Cathedral (pictured) was built as a church in the 15th century but did not become a cathedral until 2004?
  • the vestry of Makaravank Monastery (pictured) in Armenia served two adjacent churches?
  • the Mosque of Kefeli in Istanbul was used jointly as a church by Roman Catholic and Armenian believers before becoming a mosque?
  • the Old Stone Church is a historic Presbyterian church located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, and is the oldest building on Public Square?
  • the graves of 13 Britons and a Jamaican trained at Royal Canadian Air Force Station Mount Hope during World War II, are still maintained in a local churchyard in Glanbrook, Ontario?
  • the Mexican town of Tlalmanalco has one of the few remaining intact open-air chapels (pictured) built for native people who would not enter churches?
  • the church of St John the Divine, Kennington suffered severe bomb damage in 1941 during World War II but was restored and re-opened in 1959?
  • many churchgoers in the 1920s believed that Ronald Reagan's mother, Nelle Wilson Reagan, had the gift to heal due to her strong belief in the power of prayer?
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, the oldest church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was originally built by a Universalist Society but soon acquired by a Catholic French Canadian congregation?
  • only a few English churches celebrate the ancient custom of "clipping the church"?
  • the choir of Stavropoleos Church, an Eastern Orthodox church in central Bucharest, Romania, sings (neo-)Byzantine music, now a rare occurrence for churches in Romania?
  • the church of Santa Caterina a Magnanapoli in Rome, along with the adjacent tower, is all that remains today of a Dominican convent dedicated to Catherine of Siena?
  • Ardre image stones were used as paving under the wooden floors of a local church in the Ardre parish of Gotland?