When was the last time you visited a Mosque, a Synagogue, a Hindu Temple, and several Churches... all in one night?

At one time no other place on earth was so densely populated with such religious and cultural diversity as NYC's Lower East Side. Here not only tolerance was developed, but as successive waves of our cultural centers: synagogues, churches, temples and mosques of all denominations and national origins, with all our birthing pains and challenging times, formed a genuine knowledge of, and respect for each other and our differences. This greatly enriching American experiment continues today. Within in a few square blocks we will experience many of these often hidden significant cultural centers connecting our own hard earned fabric, and unique histories.

Sponsors:

• Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church (E 3rd, btw Ave A & B)
• 6th Street Community Synagogue (E 6th, btw 1st & 2nd Ave)
• Madina Masjid Mosque (E 11th & 1st Ave)
• Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Protection (E 2nd, btw 1st & 2nd Ave)
• International Society for Krishna Consciousness (1st Ave. btw 1st & 2nd St)
• Middle Collegiate Church (2nd Ave. btw 6th & 7th St.)
• St. Mary’s American Orthodox Church (E 7th st. btw 1st & A Ave)
• St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery (E 10th & 2nd Ave.)
• Mary House
• Nechung Foundation (East Village)
• Lower East Side History Project

NEXT TOUR:
Thursday, Sept 17, 2009
$15pp, RSVP not required
Meet: 6:15PM
St. Marks Church
131 E.10th Street/2nd Avenue
Map/Directions

Anthony Donovan, award winning documentarian, author, BSN, medical manager serving NYC's sick for 35 years, is a fifth generation New Yorker living in the East Village for the past 20 years. His mother is of the notable McAllister tugboat family (incorporated in NYC 1868). Frequenting the Lower East Side for it's rich music scene since 1968, that same year he began his passion and journey into Interfaith events and services throughout NYC.