Posts Tagged ‘religion’
Richmond’s Japanese sister city celebrates Obi Festival
Since Richmond established its sister city relationship with Shimada, Japan, local people have taken initiative to take the cities’ cooperation even further.
Read MoreTibetan ceremony honors the new Dalai Lama Avenue
A sunset Buddhist ceremony at Richmond’s Huntington Avenue and San Joaquin Street consecrated the renaming of a stretch of Huntington after the Dalai Lama on the 12th anniversary of the spiritual leader’s receipt of the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal. About seventy Tibetan community members, three Buddhist monks and City Councilmember Eduardo Martinez gathered Thursday evening…
Read MoreRichmond’s Jewish community marks the New Year with traditional Rosh Hashanah celebrations
Richmond’s Jewish community joined Jews around the world this week to mark their faith’s High Holidays. Among them, members of Temple Beth Hillel gathered to celebrate Rosh Hashanah which marks the New Year in the Jewish Calendar. Greetings of “L’shana Tovah,” a Hebrew saying to wish someone a good year, filled the air as service…
Read MoreBay Area medical providers and activists react to law proposal for denying services based on the provider’s religion
Advocacy groups say Conscience and Religious Freedom Division could allow for discrimination against vulnerable groups
Read MoreFor the Davis Chapel, a long search for a new home after 2003 fire
As they have every Sunday for the last 70 years, members of the Davis Chapel filed into church on a recent weekend and took their seats in the red-cushioned pews. The first sunlight of the day streamed in through the stained-glass windows and members of the choir took their positions behind the altar. Clapping their…
Read MoreLaotians teach their young how to honor the dead
Around two hundred Laotian Buddhists gathered at the Bay Area’s only Laotian temple last Saturday to pay homage to their ancestors on the holy day ‘Khaw Sahlaat.’
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