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The city’s Muslim community worships, studies, and socializes at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center in Roxbury, where a man found a quiet moment to pray.

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Rasheeda Abdul-Musawwir and Kenza Laoufir talked after Friday prayers at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center.

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From left, Mohamed Saidi, Sadiq Jones, and Shimon Warden enjoyed lunch in the cafe after prayer at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center.

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John O'Neal greeted Margaret King at Peoples Baptist Church in the South End, which is descended from the region's oldest African-American congregation.

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Director of Music Paul White played the organ while the choir sang.

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Valerie Seabrook stood to sing during Sunday service at Peoples Baptist Church.

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Elias and Blanca Martinez, with their 5-month-old son Angel, said hello to the Rev. John Doyle after Mass at Most Holy Redeemer, a Catholic parish.

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Elias and Angel Martinez sat during a Saturday service at Most Holy Redeemer in East Boston, which offers daily Masses in Spanish.

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Maria Celia Gil knelt in prayer during a Saturday service at Most Holy Redeemer.

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Geshe Ngawang Tenley wrapped religious texts in cloth to honor and protect them at the Kurukulla Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies.

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Kelsang Tserang, 84, clasped his hands in prayer at the Kurukulla Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies.

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Tserang made an offering of saffron water.

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At the Bethany House of Prayer in Arlington, Sister Olga, one of five remaining Episcopal nuns of the Order of St. Anne-Bethany, walked with her godson Luke Griffin.

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Mother Superior Sister Ana Clara of the Order of St. Anne-Bethany prepared the altar for Sunday service.

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From left, deaconship candidate Peter Jeffrey, the Rev. Charles Hefling, and deaconship candidate Bob Sherwood led participants in prayer around the altar.

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Sam Lee played the bass at Citylife Presbyterian, a multiethnic evangelical Christian church that meets at the Revere Hotel in Boston.

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Assistant Pastor Dave Cho made closing remarks during the end of a Citylife Presbyterian Church service held at the Revere Hotel in Boston.

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Gary Vargas, 21, prayed during a Citylife Presbyterian Church service.

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From left, Rhea Becker, Howard Katz, and Ren Pilinger rolled dough during a gathering of Keshet members to make challah in Jamaica Plain. Keshet is an LGBT Jewish group.

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Keshet members sat together at a meeting.

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Workshop leader Vered Meir (left) spoke with Rabbi Joseph Berman of Temple B’nai Israel in Revere.