in fact, a contrast is often drawn in this regard with the `` impersonal '' Roman Catholic parish.

The identification of the basic unit of religious organization -- the parish or congregation -- with a residential area is self-defeating in a modern metropolis, for it simply means the closing of an iron trap on the outreach of the Christian fellowship and the transmutation of mission to co-optation.

If this etymology is combined with the tradition reported by Geoffrey of Monmouth stating that Ambrosius Aurelianus ordered the building of Stonehenge – which is located within the parish of Amesbury ( and where Ambrosius was supposedly buried ) – and with the presence of an Iron Age hill fort also in that parish, then it may be tempting to connect Ambrosius with Amesbury.

In some dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church it is customary for the bishop to visit each parish or region of the diocese some time during Great Lent and give Anointing for the faithful, together with the local clergy.

Also of the same parish is St. Matthew's Church ( 1891 ), Abernant.

Also in this parish is St. Joseph's church, Cwmaman.

Neighbouring St Fillan's Church is one of the best-preserved medieval parish churches in Scotland, dating largely to the 12th century.

In Byzantine usage, an antimension signed by the bishop is kept on the altar partly as a reminder of whose altar it is and under whose omophorion the priest at a local parish is serving.

In some Christian denominations, for example, the Anglican Communion, parish churches may maintain a chair for the use of the bishop when he visits ; this is to signify the parish's union with the bishop.

The town of Peebles in the Scottish Borders holds a traditional week-long " Beltane Fair " every year in June, when a local girl is crowned Beltane Queen on the steps of the parish church.

In the parish of Kilmore, County Armagh, there is a place called Tamnaghvelton / Tamhnach Bhealtaine (' field of the Bealtaine festivities ').

Bodmin () is a civil parish and major town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

The extent of the civil parish corresponds fairly closely to that of the town so is mostly urban in character.

It is bordered to the east by Cardinham parish, to the southeast by Lanhydrock parish, to the southwest and west by Lanivet parish, and to the north by Helland parish.

Langdon ( 1896 ) records six crosses in the parish of which the finest is at Carminow.

It is situated in Altarnun civil parish between Launceston and Bodmin.

The saint is assigned a feast day which may be celebrated anywhere within the Catholic Church, although it may or may not appear on the general calendar or local calendars as an obligatory feast, parish churches may be built in his or her honor, and the faithful may freely and without restriction celebrate and honor the saint.

This established an election system for parish priests and bishops and set a pay rate for the clergy.

Charter Trustees were appointed to preserve mayoral traditions until a civil parish council could be set up, which happened in 2000.

The film sees Martin Sheen play parish priest, Daniel Barry, whose love for the cinema leads him on a path to help set up a local cinema in the town of Borrisokane.

Orpington's former public library is at Priory Gardens, a site set back from the High Street and near to the historic parish church.

A parish usually owns one set to use for all the couples that are married there since these are much more expensive than Greek-style crowns.

In 1541, the first Europeans to set foot on the territory that is now Ouachita parish was the expedition of Spanish explorer and conquistador Hernando de Soto.

Nevertheless, Sheffield, Massachusetts was officially incorporated on June 22, 1733, the first town incorporated in what is now Berkshire County Its north parish set off and incorporated as Great Barrington in 1761.

In 1712, the meetinghouse was erected and the parish set off, named Newington for an English village, whose residents sent the bell for the meetinghouse.

The story is set in 1911 at a Roman Catholic parish in a rural town in Michigan, and depicts a young nun ( Quinlan ) who arrives at the parish to help run the church school.

Precisely how old the church is remains a mystery, and although at one time it belonged to the priory of Whithorn, Wigtown parish church was afterwards set up as a free rectory with the king as patron.

Amersham is split into two distinct areas: Old Amersham, set in the valley of the River Misbourne, which contains the 13th century parish church of St. Mary's and several old pubs and coaching inns ; and Amersham-on-the-Hill, which grew rapidly around the railway station in the early part of the 20th century.

Chapels that are built as part of a larger church are holy areas set aside for some specific use or purpose: for instance, many cathedrals and large churches have a " Lady Chapel " in the apse, dedicated to the Virgin Mary ; parish churches may have such a " Lady Chapel " in a side aisle or a " Chapel of Reservation " where the consecrated bread and wine of the Eucharist are kept in reserve between services, for the purpose of taking Holy Communion to the sick and housebound and, in some Christian traditions, for devotional purposes.

Those parishes where a monastery had appropriated the rights to the tithe income, a portion of this income was set aside for a priest to occupy the parish, essentially acting on behalf of the monastery, in other words vicariously – hence " vicar ".

In Reparation for which we have Condemned her to make honourable amends Disrobed, a Noose around her Neck, and carrying In her hands a flaming torch weighing two pounds before the main door and Entrance of the parish Church of This city where She will be taken And Led, by the executioner of the high Court, in a Tumbrel used for garbage, with an Inscription Front And Back, with the word, Incendiary, And there, bare-headed, And On her Knees, will declare that She maliciously set the fire And Caused the Said Burning, for which She repents And Asks Forgiveness from the Crown And Court, and this done, will have her fist Severed On a stake Erected in front of the Said Church.

A civil parish with a town council was set up in 2000.

* One name for the Dissenting Academy set up by Calvinists in Homerton ( in the parish of Hackney ) in 1786, also known in various accounts as Homerton Academy, or Homerton College.

The neighbouring parish of Robroyston has also been set up to accommodate the growing population on the outskirts of Bishopbrigs.

After the school councils were set up in 1875. the first president of the división for Lobos was presbyterian Felipe Olivera, who became parish in 1876.

Historically, when a parish was dominated by a fundamentalist majority and ditto rector, the liberal minority would often set up a voluntary congregation with their own rector-and vice versa.

A complex set of boundary changes occurred in 1933, involving the county boundary with Cheshire: the civil parish gained part of Lymm ancient parish ; exchanged areas of land with Grappenhall ancient parish ; and exchanged areas of land with Thelwall civil parish, all in Cheshire.

The town of North Stonington was set off as a parish from Stonington in 1724 and incorporated as a town in 1807.

In the 1840s, some farmers from Caqueza, a town on the eastern folds of Bogotá started the modest settlement of Gramalote, which officially became the parish of Villavicencio in 1855.

Amersham is a market town and civil parish within Chiltern district in Buckinghamshire, England, north west of London, in the Chiltern Hills.

It is a civil parish within Chiltern district.

Chesham is also a civil parish designated a town council within Chiltern district.

From 1884 the town was administered by the Chesham Local Government District, which was succeeded in 1894 by Chesham Urban District under the Local Government Act 1894. Chesham Town crest When the Local Government Act 1972 came into effect on 1 April 1974 the urban district was abolished in favour of the Chiltern district and the civil parish was given town council status.

It was long and narrow ( a " strip parish "), taking in land below the Chiltern scarp, the slope of the scarp itself and also land above the scarp extending into the Chiltern hills.

The civil parish of Princes Risborough today has approximately the same extent as the former manor and includes various hamlets scattered over the nearby Chiltern Hills.

Tring is a small market town and also a civil parish in the Chiltern Hills in Hertfordshire, England.

Chalfont St Giles is a village and civil parish within Chiltern district in south east Buckinghamshire, England, on the edge of the Chilterns, from London, and near Seer Green, Jordans, Chalfont St Peter, Little Chalfont and Amersham.

Chalfont St Peter is a village and civil parish in Chiltern district in south-east Buckinghamshire, England.

Little Chalfont is a village and civil parish in Chiltern district in south east Buckinghamshire, England.

Ashley Green is a village and civil parish in Chiltern district of Buckinghamshire, England.

Originally a hamlet within Chesham parish, its toponym is derived from the Old English for Ash Field, referring to the forest that once covered this part of the Chiltern Hills.

It is situated in the nearby Chiltern Hills, close to the border with the parish of Chesham.

Chartridge is also the name of a civil parish in Chiltern District which also includes the village of Bellingdon and the hamlets of Pednor, Hundridge and Asheridge.

Chenies is also a civil parish within Chiltern district.

Cholesbury is one of four villages comprising Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards, a civil parish within Chiltern District.

Over the next 150 years a permanent hamlet was established remaining part of the Drayton estates and a typical example of a Chiltern strip parish.

Coleshill ( formerly Stoke ) is a village and civil parish within Chiltern district in Buckinghamshire, England.

Chivery is a hamlet located in the Chiltern Hills in the present day parish of Aston Clinton, in Aylesbury Vale District in the county of Buckinghamshire, England.

This denotes its importance to the nearby settlements known today as The Kimbles and collectively they comprise a typical Chiltern strip parish with Ellesborough containing valuable hill pasture.

Hawridge is one of four villages comprising Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards, a civil parish within Chiltern District.

In 1934 it came together with the other villages to form the civil parish of Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards and became part of Amersham Rural District which as part of the 1974 Local Government reorganisation was succeeded by Chiltern District.

It is next to Hazlemere, about three miles ( 5 km ) south of Great Missenden but unlike Hazlemere, Holmer Green is part of both Little Missenden parish and Chiltern District – a reflection of its origins which lie in Little Missenden.