Many Anglo-Catholic parishes in the Church of England use A Manual of Anglo-Catholic Devotion ( successor to the earlier A Manual of Catholic Devotion ).

Many farms and estates had their own orchards, and many varieties of pear developed that were unique to particular parishes or villages.

Many of the parishes and towns of today can be traced several centuries back.

Many of the larger Charismatic and Evangelical parishes have larger ministry teams with a number of pastoral leaders, some ordained and others who are not.

Many of the parishes still correspond to the original socknar, but there have been a lot of partitions and amalgamations throughout the years.

Many of these subdivisions were eventually to become civil parishes and form the lowest level of local government.

Many parishes choose to use the Book of the Gospels, particularly on Sundays because the Book of the Gospels may be carried in the entrance procession while the Lectionary may not.

Many small parishes like Earl Shilton had a large mileage of roads within their boundaries and found it well-nigh impossible to maintain them.

Many powers remained in the hands of traditional bodies such as parishes and the counties of Middlesex, Surrey and Kent.

Many former students, in the tradition of the House, go on to minister in urban priority areas and parishes which continue to suffer poverty and deprivation.

Many of the major suburbs and settlements that comprise the town are separated by large tracts of open common land and fields and, together with smaller civil parishes adjoining the town council boundaries and the hills, the built up area is often referred to collectively as The Malverns.

Many conservative former Anglicans have turned to the Archdiocese as a jurisdiction, some joining and leading Western Rite parishes with liturgy more familiar to Western Christians.

Many jurisdictions and parishes of the Anglo-Catholic tradition continue to practice prayer for the dead, including offering the Sunday liturgy for the peace of named departed Christians and the keeping of All Soul's Day.

Many former urban districts and municipal boroughs that were being abolished rather than succeeded were continued as new successor parishes.

Many of the parishes have chapels-of-ease or other Mass centres attached adding a total of 99 chapels to the 107 parish churches.

Many parishes of what is now called la Franja had been historically part of the Diocese of Lleida, along with other, non-Catalan-speaking Aragonese towns.

Many vicars recorded local landmarks within their parishes, and these might include details of the landscape, as well as ancient monuments such as standing stones -- even where they did not recognise the significance of what they were seeing.

Many of the parishes founded in 1835 kept the name of the district.

Many Anglo-Catholic parishes observe the feast using the traditional Roman Catholic title, the " Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary ".

Many parishes ignored this order, believing it to be the forerunner of some new tax.

Many parishes are also connected to other church communions.

Many Orthodox parishes are named " Joy of all who Sorrow " and specific commemoration of the Joy of all who Sorrow is on July 23, on Orthodox calendars.

Many parishes that primarily make use of the BAS offer a plain " early celebration " or Low Mass from the BCP on Sundays.

Many of these parishes are headed by priests who studied in or emigrated from those countries.

Many religions popular in ethnic regions of the Soviet Union, including the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Catholic Churches, Baptists, Islam, Buddhism, and Judaism underwent ordeals similar to that which the Orthodox churches in other parts of the country suffered: thousands of monks were persecuted, and hundreds of churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, sacred monuments, monasteries and other religious buildings were razed.

Many monasteries around Tibet have large, fixed, metal wheels set side by side in a row.

Many of the Irish monasteries did not observe the Roman Easter, but they were not isolated from the continent ; by the time of Whitby the southern Irish were already observing the Roman Easter date, and Irish clergy were in contact with their continental counterparts.

Many Lhobas have converted to Tibetan Buddhism in the recent years as they traded with the Buddhist monasteries, thus frequently mixing with their indigenous animist beliefs, which had traditionally deep roots in the tiger.

Many old fortifications ( typically Kremlins ), monasteries and churches are scattered throughout Russia, forming its unique cultural landscape both in big cities and in remote areas.

Many of these monasteries operated out of felt tents, which accompanied the Kalmyk tribes as they migrated.

Many Gelug monasteries were built throughout Tibet as well as in China and Mongolia.

* Patristic writings Many writings from the Church fathers are prescribed to be read at matins and, during great lent, at the hours ; in practice, this is only done in some monasteries and frequently therein the abbot prescribes readings other than those in the written rubrics.

Many churches and monasteries in the Russian tradition will perform the Lenten services on at least the first day of the Dormition Fast.

Many of the Trappist monasteries and breweries were destroyed during the French Revolution and the World Wars.

Many ( but not all ) Orthodox seminaries are attached to monasteries, combining academic preparation for ordination with participation in the community's life of prayer, and hopefully benefiting from the example and wise counsel of the monks.

Many other monasteries send their junior monks to Heiligenkreuz for theological and monastic training.

Many churches and monasteries have been rebuilt or renovated since independence, often with help from the state or wealthy individuals.

Many Greek and Roman writings on medicine, as on other subjects, were preserved by hand copying of manuscripts in monasteries.

Many screens and doors were also painted in monochrome, especially for monasteries, and scrolls were also painted in full colour.

Many churches and monasteries were closed and scores of clergymen were imprisoned or executed.

Many simpler weavings for domestic use were made in the home, but dedicated workhops made the decorated pile rugs that were sold to wealthy families in Lhasa and Shigatse, and the monasteries.

Many Buddhist monasteries on the mountain function as hotels for visitors providing traditional accommodation with an evening meal and breakfast.

Many convents and monasteries were destroyed, and extensive seizures of church property formed a welcome addition to his impoverished exchequer ( this act was precisely simulatenous with the similar Dissolution of the Monasteries undertaken by King Henry VIII of England ).

Many monasteries also observe Monday as a fast day.

Many churches and monasteries were deprived of furnishings and works of art, changed their function ( like Santa Maria della Carità complex, now housing the Gallerie dell ' Accademia ) or were demolished.

Many Orthodox Christian churches are found on the island, as well as four monasteries which are not inhabited by monks today, although various celebrations take place in them.

Many of the country's typical pastries were created in Middle Ages monasteries.

Many monasteries had already come under secular supervision, and the administration of schools was in the hands of the cantons, although the teachers generally still were priests.