GOETHALS NEWS

Goethals Indian Library and Research Society, Kolkata.

Vol. X I    No. 2                            Bulletin                             April-June 2008.

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Church is a place of worship or house of worship where a group of people (a congregation) comes to pray or perform acts of religious praise, honour or devotion. The form and function of religious architecture has evolved over thousands of years for both changing beliefs and architectural style. In Christianity, some “private” places of worship are called chapels, while major public ones are designated by a term reflecting its ecclesiastical status, such as cathedral (seat of a diocesan bishop), basilica, or minster.

 

Different religions have different names for their places of worship:

Bahai House of Worship           –          Bahai Faith

Buddhist temple                        –          Buddhism

Church                                     –          Christianity

Derasar                                    –          Jainism

Fire Temple                              –          Zoroastrianism

Gurdwara                                 –          Sikhism

Jinja                                         –          Shinto