Pastor Michel White leads the Greater Faith Temple in an energetic Easter Service.
Archive | April, 2011
Easter in a Black Pentecostal Church
Posted on 24 April 2011.
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Good Friday service at a Greek Orthodox Church in the Bronx
Posted on 24 April 2011.
To celebrate Good Friday, around 600 worshipers gathered at the Zoodohos Peghe Greek Orthodox Parish for the evening service called the Lamentations and the Litany of the Epitafios (the Tomb of Christ).
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St. Jerome’s Church celebrates Good Friday on South Bronx Streets
Posted on 23 April 2011.
Members of the Mott Haven community join St. Jerome’s congregation in a bilingual observance of Stations of The Cross. Catholics around the world celebrate this time-worn ritual, during which worshippers follow a procession down local streets in commemoration of Christ’s last hours. St. Jerome’s church was founded by an Irish immigrant in 1869, and now […]
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A Maundy Thursday Passover
Posted on 22 April 2011.
To commemorate the Last Supper, over 60 parishioners at St.Peter’s Episcopal Church, took part in their first Passover meal.
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Time to talk about sex in the South Bronx
Posted on 22 April 2011.
South Bronx high school seniors talk to middle schoolers about sex.
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Rally opposing same-sex marriage slated for next month
Posted on 22 April 2011.
Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr. and Radio Vision Cristiana, a New Jersey-based Spanish-language AM radio station that broadcasts religious programming, are planning a march in opposition to the legalization of same-sex marriage. The march, slated for May 15, will be held in the Bronx (starting at noon the participants will march from 149th Street and Third […]
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Suspect Sought In Bronx Purse Snatching
Posted on 22 April 2011.
Police are on the lookout for a robber that targeted an elderly woman in the Bronx. The incident happened last Friday around 11:30 p.m. on Arthur Avenue in the Belmont region of the borough. Security cameras caught the suspect coming up behind a 78-year-old woman, grabbing her purse and pulling her to the ground. Two […]
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NYPD: Fake Gun Recovered At Scene Of Officer-Involved Shooting
Posted on 22 April 2011.
Investigators say they’ve recovered a fake pistol from the scene of a police-involved shooting in the Bronx early this morning, a NY1 report states. The NYPD says it all began around 3 a.m. when officers encountered a large group of people — including a man armed with what appeared to be a hand gun — […]