After thieves climbed up to the steeple and stole a set of loudspeakers last month, the sound of ringing bells is back just in time for Christmas at the Arlington Church of the Nazarene in East Akron ...
So it went unrung for several years until a separate concrete-block tower was built for it as part of a 1908 church expansion. Westlake United Methodist undertook what turned out to be a yearslong ...
From “Jingle Bells” to the street-corner bell ringers of the Salvation Army, the sound of the Christmas season is bells. But bell ringing has a rich history, integrated into daily and liturgical life ...
AKRON, Ohio — Call it a Christmas miracle – just weeks after the speakers were stolen from the bell tower of an Akron church, two Ohio companies stepped up to replace them just in time for the holiday ...
A climb up three narrow staircase flights and then a steep ladder leads to the belfry high atop Windsor’s historic Assumption Church. And there hangs the 4,000-pound (1.81-tonne) bronze Angelus bell ...
The bells of the cathedral ring out across Dublin, marking Christmas, New Year, and everyday life — thanks to a devoted team ...
Ringing the handheld Sanctus bells during the consecration and elevation of the Host and chalice at Mass is a familiar sound in many churches. Yet another centuries-old practice has remained in some ...
Church bells will ring out over Leechburg again this Easter. After more than a year and $30,000 in fundraising, the bells of First Evangelical Lutheran Church are fixed and set to ring again for the ...
Detroit — It has been more than 25 years since the Beaubien Bell at the top of the Basilica of Ste. Anne de Detroit called parishioners to prayer, and on Sunday, thousands flocked to hear the divine ...
NEWFANE — Efforts are underway to save the steeple at Newfane Congregational Church and "let the bell ring again." Jim Kyle, chairperson of the church's Board of Trustees, has a background in ...
Fred and Carole Barber have fond memories of when they let their children into the bell tower at Grace Episcopal Church in Oak Park to see the Seabury Chime. They climbed the black, iron circular ...
The climb to the top of Boston’s Old South Church bell tower is a labyrinth of steps and catwalks stretching more than 200 feet into the air. Thin railings are the only thing to hold on to as you trek ...