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Falls Church

(Encyclopedia)Falls Church, independent city (2020 pop. 14,917), NE Va., a residential suburb of Washington, D.C.; inc. as a town 1875, as a city 1948. There is diver...

church music

(Encyclopedia)church music. 1 Music intended for performance as part of services of worship. With few exceptions, music is essential to the ritual of every religion; the singing of prayers and portions of Scripture...

Coventry, city, England

(Encyclopedia)Coventry kŏvˈəntrē, kŭvˈ– [key], city and metropolitan borough (2021 est. met...

Cambridge, city, England

(Encyclopedia)Cambridge, city and district, Cambridgeshire, E central England, on the River Cam. The city, set in flat country, is most famous as the site of the Univ...

Russian Church

(Encyclopedia)Russian Church: see Orthodox Eastern Church. ...

Greek Church

(Encyclopedia)Greek Church: see Orthodox Eastern Church. ...

Eastern Church

(Encyclopedia)Eastern Church: see Orthodox Eastern Church. ...

Evangelical Church

(Encyclopedia)Evangelical Church: see Evangelical United Brethren Church. ...

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