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Article: TWO CULTURES, ONE GOD; GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH HONORS NATIVE AMERICAN SAINT.(Local)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- April 17, 2005
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Byline: Renee K. Gadoua Staff writer
The Rev. James Knowles, of Oklahoma, dipped an eagle feather into a small pot of burning cedar Saturday and brushed the smoke toward worshippers gathered outside Syracuse's Grace Episcopal Church.
"It's just a way to recognize cleansing," Knowles told about 80 people who stood in the garden of the church at 819 Madison St.
After walking among the crowd for the traditional Native American smudging ceremony, Knowles asked the people to face east to begin a prayer to the four directions. As he read a prayer that praised the sun, the alligator, the moon and the turtle, worshippers turned as he described the ...