One of Mrs. Kennedy's initial concerns as First Lady was the sad state of the furnishings in a building which is supposed to be a national shrine.

Their characteristic experience is that of the individual at an altar or a shrine rather than that of a continuing social group with a distinctive kind of fellowship.

I'm sending you a couple of customers -- yeah -- just get them out of my hair and keep them out -- I don't give a damn what you tell them -- only don't believe a word they say -- they're out to make trouble for me and it is up to you to stop them -- I don't care how -- and one more thing -- Cate's Cafe closed at eleven like always last night and Rose and Clarence Corsi left for Quebec yesterday -- some shrine or other -- I think it was called Saint Simon's -- yeah, yesterday.

At the time, a shrine like this might shelter an image of the Crucifixion or the Virgin Mary, but since it is turned away from the viewer, we are not sure what it truly is.

In ancient Roman religion, an aedicula ( plural aediculae ) is a small shrine.

It is a pilgrimage centre for the shrine of the Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti and is also the base for visiting Pushkar ( 11 km ), an ancient Hindu pilgrimage city, famous for the temple of Brahma.

The book is as intriguing for the themes it leaves out as for what it includes: the ark of the covenant, which is given so much importance in the stories of Moses and Joshua, is almost entirely missing, cooperation between the various tribes is limited, and there is no mention of a central shrine for worship or of a high priest ( the office to which Aaron was appointed at the end of the Exodus story ).

The landing site of Columbanus is marked by a shrine at Carnac in Brittany.

The emperor's kami is venerated at the Kashihara Shrine a Shinto shrine located at Kashihara in Nara prefecture, where his palace was said to have been located.

This shrine is formally named Unebi-yama no ushitora no sumi no misasagi.

This emperor is traditionally venerated at a memorial Shinto shrine ( misasagi ) at Nara.

This emperor is traditionally venerated at a memorial Shinto shrine ( misasagi ) at Osaka.

This emperor is traditionally venerated at a memorial Shinto shrine ( misasagi ) at Osaka.

This emperor is traditionally venerated at a memorial Shinto shrine ( misasagi ) at Nara.

This empress is traditionally venerated at a memorial Shinto shrine ( misasagi ) at Osaka.

This empress is traditionally venerated at a memorial Shinto shrine ( misasagi ) at Nara.

This emperor is traditionally venerated at a memorial Shinto shrine ( misasagi ) at Osaka.

This emperor is traditionally venerated at a memorial Shinto shrine ( misasagi ) at Yamashina-ku, Kyoto.

This emperor is traditionally venerated at a memorial Shinto shrine ( misasagi ) at Shiga.

The Aztecs believed Tlaloc resided in mountain caves, thus his shrine in Tenochtitlan ’ s pyramid was called ’ mountain abode ’.

date according to some Muslims, he is believed to have survived crucifixion and migrated towards the East where he died naturally of old age and is believed to be buried at the Roza Bal shrine in Srinagar, Kashmir )

The shrine has been known as " Menelaion " ( the shrine of Menelaus ), and it was believed to be the spot where Helen was buried alongside Menelaus.

It is believed that this shrine was primarily used for processional purposes during major religious festivals.

The name refers to a particular hill in southern Mexico which is believed to have been an important shrine in the jaguar cult throughout several eras of Mesoamerican history.

In 1991, during a restoration exercise behind the shrine which was till then believed to be that of the Emperor, the original brick-lined grave was discovered.

The mosque is believed to have been built over a shrine which exhorted the small piece of land as Ram Janmabhoomi-the birthplace of Lord Rama.

It is believed to have been a shrine where Kūkai performed ascetic practices.

Because some kris are considered sacred and believed to possess magical powers, specific rites needed to be completed to avoid calling down evil fates which is the reason warriors often made offerings to their kris at a shrine.

In Deer Park, deer are able to roam freely and are believed to be scared messengers of the Shinto gods that inhabit the shrine and surrounding mountainous terrain.

It is believed that the ancient shrine was erected over a Swayambhu Lingam ( that is the self emanated Shiva Lingam ).

It is believed that there are 99, 99, 999 shivlingams ( only one less than 1 crore ) in and around Paikapada shrine.

is a Shinto shrine traditionally believed to have been established during the reign of Emperor Keikō ( 71-130 ) located in Atsuta-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture in Japan.

He locked himself away in a shrine in the temple for seven days, and eventually reached what he believed to be an intense awakening upon hearing the ringing of the temple bell. He came to conclusion that there is no cycle of rebirth ( probably because of learning root buddhist teachings on this matter ).

As a result, five-yen coins are commonly given as donations at Shinto shrines with the intention of establishing a good connection with the deity of the shrine, and is widely believed it is best to insert a single five-yen coin into a new wallet before inserting any other money.

A great many commemorate legends about the miraculous exploits of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth caliph and the first Imam of Shi ' a Islam believed to be buried at the nation's most elaborate shrine located in the heart of Mazari Sharif, the Exalted Shrine.

In the approach to the shrine are a number of sweet shops selling, a form of fortune cookies dating at least to the 19th century, and which are believed by some to be the origin of the Chinese-American fortune cookie.

The Soga family, however, firmly believed that the most civilized people believed in Buddhism and continued to actively promote it, placing a holy image of the Buddha in a major Shinto shrine.

" The shrine and its dedications identify it as the site of Homeric Sparta, capital of a ruling couple believed by the population of the Archaic Period to have been Menelaos and Helen.

These are followed along the road by the preserved basements and foundations ( partially reconstructed ) of residential houses and of-as believed in the time of the excavations-a mithraeum, a shrine to the Mithras, a deity popular among the Roman army.

From his interpretation of a passage from the Nihongi, where Ō-ana-muchi converses with his own spirit, Ansai believed that every person's body is a shrine, that houses a living spirit.

Those famous lines of the Greek Anthology with which a fading beauty dedicates her mirror at the shrine of a goddess reveal a wise attitude: `` Venus, take my votive glass, Since I am not what I was, What from this day I shall be, Venus, let me never see ''.

His oracular shrine in Abae in Phocis, where he bore the toponymic epithet Abaeus (, Apollon Abaios ) was important enough to be consulted by Croesus ( Herodotus, 1. 46 ).

After his death, the king was buried in the church which he had built ; his original tomb has been lost, while his alleged remains are preserved in the shrine where he was reburied after being declared a saint ; his saintliness, however, was never very widely acknowledged outside the bishopric of Liège where he may still be venerated by tradition.

After this, the senior priest ( or bishop ) pours pure olive oil and a small amount of wine into the shrine lamp, and says the " Prayer of the Oil ", which calls upon God to "... sanctify this Oil, that it may be effectual for those who shall be anointed therewith, unto healing, and unto relief from every passion, every malady of the flesh and of the spirit, and every ill ..." Then follow seven series of epistles, gospels, long prayers, Ektenias ( litanies ) and anointings.

In the Syrian village of Tedef, a shrine said to be the burial place of Ezra has been venerated by Jews for centuries.

An oracle from Usa Shrine, the shrine of the kami in Usa, is said to have proclaimed that the monk should be made emperor ; but when the empress sent to verify the pronouncement, Hachiman decreed that only one of imperial blood should ascend to the throne.

Robin Lane Fox states " By the early fifth century, we know of the ownership of private icons of saints ; by c. 480-500, we can be sure that the inside of a saint's shrine would be adorned with images and votive portraits, a practice which had probably begun earlier ".

Mong Há has long been the center of Chinese life in Macau and the site of what may be the region's oldest temple, a shrine devoted to the Buddhist Guanyin ( Goddess of Mercy ).

After conducting researches in the 12th century, the Seljuk sultan Ahmed Sanjar ordered a city and shrine to be built on the location, where it stood until its destruction by Genghis Khan and his Mongol army in the 13th century.

Typically, it is a journey to a shrine or other location of importance to a person's beliefs and faith, although sometimes it can be a metaphorical journey in to someone's own beliefs.

This proved to be Dunbar ; the nearest shrine was 10 miles distant at Whitekirk.

The 8th-century Chiesa di San Callisto is close by, with its beginnings apparently as a shrine on the site of his martyrdom, which is attested in the 4th-century Depositio martyrum and so is likely to be historical.

When Desiderius attempted to enter Rome in 771 with an army, claiming to be on a pilgrimage to pray at the shrine of St. Peter, Christophorus and Sergius shut the gates of the city against them.

The collegiate church and castle were to be turned into a shrine for Nazi Germany.

Additionally, if anyone is injured on the grounds of a shrine, the area must be ritually purified.

Any person may visit a shrine and one need not be " Shinto " to do this.

Do be aware that there are places one should not go on the shrine grounds.

On holidays and other special occasions the inner shrine doors may be opened and special offerings made.

This will usually be performed at a shrine, in a natural setting, but can be done anywhere there is clean running water.

On litters strewn with flowers and feathers ; surrounded by dancers, they were transported to a shrine and their hearts would be pulled out by priests.

The well-preserved state of the shrine may be unique in Scandinavia: it was shaped like a platform with two " arms " of rocks having four erected poles in front of it where there was probably a wooden platform.