A bazaar traditionally is organized and run by church members and other volunteers, and features homemade items — baked goods, food and craft items — in addition to having silent auctions, raffles, games of chance for children, "white elephant" tables filled with tag sale items and may feature a lunch for a nominal fee ...
Officially, a “bazaar” is a fundraising sale of goods for the benefit of a church or charity. Nearly every Catholic church - ethnic or not - has a summer bazaar to raise money for operating expenses throughout the year.
A bazaar is a market that has rows and rows of little shops selling miscellaneous stuff — like tube socks, velvet paintings, and corn on the cob. Bazaar is originally a Persian word, and means "marketplace" all over the Middle East.
The term bazaar originates from Persian, where it referred to a town's public market district. The term bazaar is sometimes also used to refer collectively to the merchants, bankers and craftsmen who work in that area. The term souk comes from Arabic and refers to marketplaces in the Middle East and North Africa.
After walking through the forest, he stops in front of the bazaar and his mind is arguing with his instinct. The church bazaar is in September and it's held in the street. For arms dealers, it's a profitable bazaar.
In many Anglican, Baptist and Methodist churches, a collection plate, basket or bag is often used during the offertory to gather the gifts of the faithful (tithes and alms) for the support of the church and for charity.
The sanctuary symbolizes heaven. The Nave: The main body of the church where the congregation gathers. The Narthex: The lobby or “gathering space” outside of the church proper. The Blessed Sacrament Chapel: The chapel where the tabernacle is located for the faithful to come and pray.
In many Christian denominations, the pectoral cross symbolizes that the person wearing it is a member of the clergy, or that the wearer is a member of the higher or senior clergy.
nave, central and principal part of a Christian church, extending from the entrance (the narthex) to the transepts (transverse aisle crossing the nave in front of the sanctuary in a cruciform church) or, in the absence of transepts, to the chancel (area around the altar).
The sanctuary is the area at the front of the church where the altar and cross are located, and the area around it that is usually raised. Also included are the priest's chair and altar servers' seats. Usually, but not always, the lectern where the readings are proclaimed is within the sanctuary.
A crypt (from Greek κρύπτη (krypte) crypta "vault") is a stone chamber beneath the floor of a church or other building. It typically contains coffins, sarcophagi, or religious relics.
Traditionally, these three states have been referred to as the Church Militant, Church Suffering (also known as Church Penitent or Church Expectant) and Church Triumphant.
In his book, Models of the Church (see the 2002, Expanded Edition), Dulles gives an overview of the five primary models: (1) Institution, (2) Mystical Communion, (3) Sacrament, (4) Herald, and (5) Servant. He showcases the strengths and weakness of each and concludes by integrating their contributions.
The Creed which we recite on Sundays and holy days speaks of one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. As everybody knows, however, the Church referred to in this Creed is more commonly called just the Catholic Church. It is not, by the way, properly called the Roman Catholic Church, but simply the Catholic Church.
A pointed cone shape on top of a building is called a spire, especially when it rises from the roof of a church. The part of a church roof that rises above a city skyline or a village's rolling hills, pointing sharply up toward the sky, is its spire. Many church spires have a cross at the very top.
The altar cloth, aka fair linen, lies at the heart of the Christian liturgy. It's beginning goes back centuries to its origin in the Gospels with Joseph of Arimathea's provision of a “clean linen” [Matt. 27:59] for the burial shroud of the crucified Saviour.
bazaar, originally, a public market district of a Persian town. From Persia the term spread to Arabia (the Arabic word sūq is synonymous), Turkey, and North Africa.
The traditional bazaar consists of shops in vaulted streets closed by doors at each end, usually with caravanserais connected into the middle of the bazaar. In small towns, the bazaar is made up of a covered street, whereas in large cities it can take up miles of passageways.
An antonym is a word of the opposite meaning. Just like a word in the English language contains multiple similar words associated with it, it also contains multiple contrasting words. Learning more opposite words for a specific word will help you enrich your vocabulary.
