Ramadan Quran Recitation
During the month of Ramadan, Muslims traditionally read the entire Quran. In August 2011, at the Islamic Center of Northern Virginia in Fairfax, a well-known Quran reciter from Saudi Arabia, Sheikh...
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August 24, 2012: LDS Pageant
BRENT HANSON (Artistic Director): The Hill Cumorah Pageant is a volunteer operation. All the actors and staff members are here out of the goodness of their hearts because they believe in the cause...
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RABBI JAMES MICHAELS (Hebrew Home of Greater Washington): The Book of Leviticus tells us that we should remember that God allowed us to live in temporary shelters, the sukkah, when we lived in the...
View ArticleOctober 26, 2012: Children’s Hajj
IMAM JOHARI ABDUL-MALIK (Director of Outreach, Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center): The journey to this house once in your lifetime is, in the Islamic tradition, a requirement. And so people will leave...
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November 3, 2006: Vigil of All Saints
BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: This week, the eve of All Saint’s Day, All Hallow’s Eve (October 31), also known as Halloween, as it was celebrated at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington. Each year...
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March 22, 2013: Desert Passover Seder
RABBI JAMIE KORNGOLD (Adventure Rabbi): The desert is absolutely the right place to be telling this story. The core of this story is that the Israelites went down to Egypt as a family. They come...
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March 29, 2013: Holy Week
REV. KENNETH SEMON (The Church of the Holy Faith, Sante Fe, NM): I try to tell people—don’t just come on Sunday, you know, you’ll miss it. You’ll miss everything that this means and all that leads...
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April 5, 2013: Keeping the Sabbath
Read an excerpt from SABBATH IN THE SUBURBS: A FAMILY’S EXPERIMENT WITH HOLY TIME by MaryAnn McKibben Dana JUDY VALENTE, correspondent: There was a time in America when Sundays meant a day for...
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This week, Orthodox Christians mark the final days of Great Lent, a time of repentance, fasting, and prayer in preparation for Orthodox Easter, or Pascha, on May 5. Iconographer Seraphim O’Keefe talks...
View ArticleMay 17, 2013: Sikh Turban Showdown
In January, the Sikh Foundation of Virginia held a “Turban Showdown” for the pre-school children and older youth of its gurdwara in Northern Virginia. Parents helped the children wrap their turban or...
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