* 2002 – Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem into which armed Palestinians had retreated.

Since the 2002 edition, the Apostles ' Creed is included in the Roman Missal with the indication, " Instead of the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed, especially during Lent and Easter time, the baptismal Symbol of the Roman Church, known as the Apostles ’ Creed, may be used.

In 2002, the general convention of the Pentecostal Church of God came to a consensus to change the title of their overseer from General Superintendent to Bishop.

The nine churches which inaugurated CUIC in 2002 were joined by the Moravian Church, Northern Province.

For the most part, religious traditions in the world reserve marriage to heterosexual unions, but there are exceptions including certain Buddhist and Hindu traditions, Unitarian Universalist, Metropolitan Community Church and some Anglican dioceses and some Quaker, United Church of Canada and Reform Jewish congregations .< ref >" World Religions and Same Sex Marriage ", Marriage Law Project, Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, July 2002 revision

* 2002 – The 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem comes to an end when the Palestinians inside agree to have 13 suspected terrorists among them deported to several different countries.

* 2002 – American civil rights movement: a jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murders of four girls in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church.

The 2002 edition of The World Book Dictionary does not note a negative connotation, defining it simply as: " a follower of Sun Myung Moon "; nor does the 1999 edition of the Webster's II New College Dictionary, which defines it as " a member of the Unification Church established and headed by Sun Myung Moon.

Rosalind Millam's 2002 book Anti-Discriminatory Practice notes that " Its followers are better known as Moonies "; the entry on the Unification Church in the book is titled: " Unification Church ( Moonies )".

In its entry on " Unification Church ", the 2002 edition of The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage advised: " Unification Church is appropriate in all references to the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity, which was founded by the Rev.

On the day of his funeral, 8 March 2002, his coffin was carried to St Thomas's Church in Winchelsea, East Sussex and was draped in the flag of the Republic of Ireland.

The funeral of John Entwistle, the famous bass guitarist of The Who, was held at St Edward's Church Stow-on-the-Wold on 10 July 2002.

* " The History of the United Methodist Church " ( 2002 ) Printed by the Channing Bete Company, Inc., Item Number: 17657E-02-02

In 2002, a satyrical short-story The First Russian ( პირველი რუსი ) penned by the young Georgian writer Lasha Bughadze and focused on a frustrated wedding night of Tamar and Yuri outraged many conservatives and triggered a nationwide controversy, including heated discussions in the media, the Parliament of Georgia and the Patriarchate of the Georgian Orthodox Church.

Her funeral was held at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia on May 2, 2002.

* St. Mary's Catholic Church, Rockledge, Florida, 2002.

* Waite, Arthur Edward, The Hidden Church of the Holy Grail: Its Legends and Symbolism Considered in Their Affinity with Certain Mysteries of Initiation and Other Traces of a Secret Tradition in Christian Times, Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Fredonia Books, 2002.

The Roman Catholic Church canonized him in 2002, as its first indigenous American saint.

Brockley contains several fine churches: St Mary Magdalen's RC Church, Howson Road ( completed in 1901 ), St Peter's, Wickham Rd ( completed 1870 ), the Grade II listed St Andrews, Brockley Rd ( 1882 )-originally a Presbyterian Church, which contains the modern stained glass New Cross Fire memorial window ( 2002 )-and the Grade II listed St Hilda's, Crofton Park 1908.

Princess Máxima and Prince Willem-Alexander were married on 2 February 2002 in a civil ceremony in the Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, which was then followed by a religious ceremony at Amsterdam's Nieuwe Kerk (" New Church ").

In early 2002, the case was finally settled, with the Church of Scientology paying Larry Wollersheim $ 8, 674, 643.

From September 10, 2001, to January 16, 2002, Ohio State University's Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum exhibited 36 of his Sunday strips.

* Paul Bew, Peter Gibbon, Henry Patterson, Northern Ireland 1921-2001 ; Political Forces and Social Classes ( Serif, 2002 ) ISBN 978-1-897959-38-1 http :// www. serifbooks. co. uk / books / history /

Mary Therese Winifred Robinson ( née Bourke ) (; born 21 May 1944 ) served as the seventh, and first female, President of Ireland from 1990 to 1997, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from 1997 to 2002.

* Paul Bew, Henry Patterson, Peter Gibbon, Northern Ireland, 1921 – 2001, Serif, London, 2002, ISBN 978-1-897959-38-1

The Tyrone GAA football side has had considerable success since 2000, winning three All Ireland titles ( in 2003, 2005 and 2008 ), they have also won thirteen Ulster titles ( 1956, 1957, 1973, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2010 ) and two National League titles ( in 2002 and 2003 ).

* Colm Wilkinson, 1985 London Musical, 1987 Broadway Musical, 10th Anniversary Concert, Toronto 1998 Return Production, Ireland Return Production 1998-1999 and Shanghai Production 2002

In the second half of the 1990s, Telenor became involved in mobile operations in a number of countries: Russia ( 1994 ), Bangladesh, Greece, Ireland, Germany and Austria ( 1997 ), Ukraine ( 1998 ), Malaysia ( 1999 ), Denmark and Thailand ( 2000 ), Hungary ( 2002 ), Montenegro ( 2004 ), Pakistan ( 2004 ), Slovakia, Czech Republic, Serbia ( 2006 ).

For the 2002 applications, held to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee, the entrants included all of the above towns except Southwark, together with Greenwich and Wirral in England, Dumfries in Scotland and Carrickfergus, Coleraine, Craigavon and Newry in Northern Ireland.

* Raymond Keaveney ( 2002 ), National Gallery of Ireland, Essential Guide.

Samaritans ( until 2002 known as The Samaritans ) is a registered charity aimed at providing emotional support to anyone in emotional distress or at risk of suicide throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland, often through their telephone helpline.

In Northern Ireland, Chloe was the most popular name for newborns from 1997 to 2002, followed by Emma in 2003.

in the United Kingdom and later Ireland, as the two national versions of the show merged in 2002.

In 2002, Dell received an honorary doctorate in Economic Science from the University of Limerick in honor of his investment in Ireland and the local community and for his support for educational initiatives.

* Eamonn O Ciardha: Ireland and the Jacobite Cause, 1685-1766: A Fatal Attachment, Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2002. Review available at: accessed July 10, 2007.

The couple have two sons, Ronan Cal Day-Lewis ( born 14 June 1998 ) and Cashel Blake Day-Lewis ( born in May 2002 ) and divide their time between their homes in the U. S. and Ireland.

* James Chichester-Clark ( 1923 – 2002 ), prime minister of Northern Ireland, 1969 – 1971

* Sammon, Paddy ( 2002 ), Greenspeak: Ireland in Her Own Words, Town House Press.

* Songs of Ireland ( 2002 )

The church was finally offered for sale by the Church of Ireland in 2002.

Despite HarperCollins ' predictions-and, according to Moore, their deliberately limited promotion of the book-the book became enormously popular, becoming the largest-selling nonfiction book for 2002 at such major outlets as Barnes & Noble and Amazon. com, and occupying the # 1 spot in the U. S., the UK ( including being the number one seller on Amazon. co. uk before a British printing was even proposed ), Germany, Ireland, and elsewhere.

He guided Ireland to the knockout stage of the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan.

The show set records for Irish TV ratings over the period of November 2002 to March 2003 and Harte came out on top, earning the opportunity to represent Ireland at Eurovision Song Contest 2003 in Riga.

Saipan also has a negative place in many Irish people's minds after the “ Roy Keane Incident ”, a bitter and public falling-out between Republic of Ireland soccer star Roy Keane and Ireland manager Mick McCarthy which took place before the 2002 FIFA World Cup.