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Our Lady of the Rosary, and
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Grade I listed churches in Greater Manchester was promoted to Featured List, and
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Neustädter Kirche, Hannover,
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Albert Ndongmo,
If We Are the Body,
List of places of worship in Tonbridge and Malling,
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Val-Saint-Lambert Abbey,
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WikiProject Calvinism is one of our more important subprojects. It is specifically devoted to developing content relating to the Calvinist tradition, and the primary point for development of content relating to the Pilgrims, Presbyterians, Reformed churches, Congregational church, Reformed Baptists, and Low church. We definitely encourage everyone to do what they can to help this project develop the content relating to this extremely important Christian tradition.
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User:Sarnold17,
Christmas Party (The Office) by
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If We Are the Body by
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Nerses IV the Gracious by
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Church of St Candida and Holy Cross by
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St Laurence's Church, Morland by
User:Peter I. Vardy,
St Mary's Church, Longfleet by
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Chor von St. Bonifatius by
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St Andrew's Church, Penrith by
User:Peter I. Vardy,
Holy Rosary Cathedral (Vancouver) by
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Sacred Heart Cathedral (Kamloops) by
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St Columba's Church, Warcop by
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W. E. Biederwolf by
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WikiProject Holidays/Christmas task force is the group whose purpose is to help develop the content related to the Christmas season, including Advent, New Year's, and related holidays. As many of us know, in several parts of the world, including the United States, the Christmas season is not only the time of one of the greatest holidays of the Christian liturgical year, but it is also the "make or break" time for many retailers, whose profitability for the year often depends on their success in this time of the giving of sometimes significantly expensive gifts. In other parts of the world, the winter solstice period and sometimes specifically Christmas itself means something that might surprise many Christians, like the Christmas in Japan, where Christmas is one of the times hotels receive the greatest number of, often unmarried, couples staying there for the night. The solstice season is also significant to several other religions. Many of these days are also legal holidays in several places. In Belarus, for instance, both the Western and Eastern Christmas commemorations are legal holidays. We would certainly welcome the members of this project to donate some of their time and talents in the upcoming months to improving this significant content.
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Good day Mr Searson. I see you're the 'moderator' for the Firearms page, congrats!
I'm Martin Hedington, age 61, ex Royal Navy ('67 to '78). Lived here in South Africa since 1985. I've been using Wiki for a few years now and have modified (and added) to the South African viewpoint and situation. Retired last year.
I'm interested in the note -on the page- that the 'Gun Politics' page should be amalgamated with the general 'firearms' page, I'd like to enter into the discussion.
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If We Are the Body by
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Nerses IV the Gracious by
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Church of St Candida and Holy Cross by
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St Laurence's Church, Morland by
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St Mary's Church, Longfleet by
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Chor von St. Bonifatius by
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Holy Rosary Cathedral (Vancouver) by
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Sacred Heart Cathedral (Kamloops) by
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St Columba's Church, Warcop by
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Diocese of Caransebeş by
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Wythburn Church by
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St. Gumbertus, Ansbach by
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User:Dr. Blofeld, and
User:Nvvchar collectively,
St. Johannis, Ansbach by
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Nikollë Bojaxhiu by
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User:Rosiestep,
User:Gilderien, and
User:Ipigott collectively,
St Mary's Church, Acton Burnell by
User:Peter I. Vardy,
St Eata's Church, Atcham by
User:Peter I. Vardy,
Nativity of St. John the Baptist Church, Piatra Neamț by
User:Biruitorul,
Anna Schäffer by
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List of Archbishops of Vancouver by
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James Francis Carney by
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St Luke's Church, Chelsea by
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User:Johnbod,
Gregory Orologas by
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