BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 13.3//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:A SACRED PIECE OF HOME: WASHINGTON D:C. is a documentary series about places of worship in the D.C. Area. Four half-hour episodes explore the D.C. area&rsquo\;s history through selected places of worship and the communities that built them.The multi-faceted series lies at the intersec tion of religion\, architecture\, ethnicity\, and immigration history. Inc luded are institutions representative of all the major \;religions: Pr otestant\, Catholic\, Islamic\, Buddhist\, Hindu\, Jain and Sikh. We visit ethnic vernaculars that have been brought by immigrants from all over the world to America: French-English Gothic\, Byzantine\, Islamic\, Cambodian \, Vietnamese\, and South Indian.  \;Interviews with scholars\, author s\, clergy and congregants inform us about the founding of Greek and Russi an Orthodox churches\, a Hindu Temple and a Mosque. \;Sprinkled throug h the series are photographs showing the prototypes of sacred architecture in the home country that immigrants have tried to replicate eg. the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. \;The \;program is hosted by Ori Z. Soltes\, PhD who teaches interdisciplinary courses on Theology and Art History at G eorgetown University. Amita Sarin who created the concept and co-produced and co-wrote the series with Soltes\, taught \;a cross-cultural course : Sacred Architecture East and West at the University of Maryland. \;T he series is streaming free nationwide on WETA/PBS until the end of June. https://weta.org/watch/shows/sacred-piece-home-washington-dc/shaping-feder al-city \;https://weta.org/watch/shows/sacred-piece-home-washington-dc /national-houses-worshiphttps://weta.org/watch/shows/sacred-piece-home-was hington-dc/mid-century-transformations \;https://weta.org/watch/shows/ sacred-piece-home-washington-dc/expanding-suburbs DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250701 DTSTAMP:20250510T022036Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250424 LOCATION:Streaming Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:A SACRED PIECE OF HOME: WASHINGTON D:C Documentary Free to Stream UID:RFCALITEM638824404365743160 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

A SACRED PIECE OF HOME: WASHINGTON D:C. is a documentary series about places of worship in the D.C. Area. Four half-h our episodes explore the D.C. area&rsquo\;s history through selected place s of worship and the communities that built them.

The multi-fa ceted series lies at the intersection of religion\, architecture\, ethnici ty\, and immigration history. Included are institutions representative of all the major \;religions: Protestant\, Catholic\, Islamic\, Buddhist\ , Hindu\, Jain and Sikh. We visit ethnic vernaculars that have been brough t by immigrants from all over the world to America: French-English Gothic\ , Byzantine\, Islamic\, Cambodian\, Vietnamese\, and South Indian.  \;

Interviews with scholars\, authors\, clergy and congregants i nform us about the founding of Greek and Russian Orthodox churches\, a Hin du Temple and a Mosque. \;Sprinkled through the series are photographs showing the prototypes of sacred architecture in the home country that im migrants have tried to replicate eg. the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. \;< br />

The \;program is hosted by Ori Z. Soltes\, PhD who teaches interdisciplinary courses on Theology and Art History at Georgetown Unive rsity. Amita Sarin who created the concept and co-produced and co-wrote th e series with Soltes\, taught \;a cross-cultural course: Sacred Archit ecture East and West at the University of Maryland. \;

The series is streaming free nationwide on WETA/PBS until the end of June.

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