{"title": "International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church", "start": "2026-11-01T08:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-01T09:00:00-05:00", "place": "Calvary Baptist Church", "address": "West 57th Street 123, 10019 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian/protestant"], "description": "The International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church is an observance within the Christian calendar in which congregations pray for Christians who are persecuted for their faith. Calvary Baptist Church holds this prayer gathering in its Sanctuary, following the Equipping Hour. The initiative was launched over two decades ago so that Christians worldwide pray for persecuted Christians facing issues such as government oppression, violence and prison for their faith. Persecuted Christians themselves say that prayer is what they ask for first.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/international-day-of-prayer-for-the-persecuted-church-51737/", "official_url": "https://cbcnyc.org/events/prayer-for-the-persecuted-church/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/80ccd5dd234c35f37a313555466f2377696222f7bab8fbc9ad08bc0e60c90580-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-01T08:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-01T09:00:00-05:00", "place": "Calvary Baptist Church", "address": "West 57th Street 123, 10019 New York", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Building Dedication", "start": "2026-11-08T04:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-08T10:30:00-05:00", "place": "Calvary Baptist Church", "address": "West 57th Street 123, 10019 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian/protestant"], "description": "Building Dedication is a service in which Calvary Baptist Church dedicates its brand-new building at its returned 123 W. 57th St. location, after years of displacement. The church, which organized the day, sees the facility, long in planning and construction, as a blessing from God and prays it will serve its mission to engage the city and impact the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ. The celebration day also includes former Pastor David Epstein preaching in the morning service, a Fellowship and Prayer Hour, and an International Food Festival Lunch. Visitors are invited to join any or all of the events.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/building-dedication-51738/", "official_url": "https://cbcnyc.org/events/building-dedication/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/67dcd1b394dee9c1c5044bc21f1db0ad16f74b0203145684abbdc9180819df8b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Praise & Prayer Night", "start": "2026-11-08T18:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-08T19:00:00-05:00", "place": "Church of Christ", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian/prayer"], "description": "Praise & Prayer Night is a monthly evening of worship in song and prayer held in the church's Sanctuary. It is hosted by the Church of Christ, which sets aside one evening each month to seek God in prayer for its church, community, and world. All are invited to join this dedicated time of lifting voices and hearts in praise.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/praise-prayer-night-75202/", "official_url": "https://christchurchnyc.com/events/praise-prayer-night/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Weekly Prayer Meeting", "start": "2026-11-01T09:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-01T09:35:00-05:00", "place": "Church of Christ", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian"], "description": "A weekly Sunday morning prayer meeting gathering the congregation to pray for their church, their city, and the world. It is held by Church of Christ (CCNYC) in the downstairs fellowship hall, and has resumed with a new start time. Children and youth are very welcome to join as the community seeks the Lord's help.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/weekly-prayer-meeting-75201/", "official_url": "https://christchurchnyc.com/events/weeklyprayermeeting/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Sunday Worship Gatherings", "start": "2026-11-01T04:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-01T07:30:00-05:00", "place": "Calvary Baptist Church", "address": "West 57th Street 123, 10019 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian/protestant"], "description": "Sunday Worship Gatherings is a church morning with a prayer and fellowship hour, a combined worship service, and equipping classes for all ages. It is held by Calvary Baptist Church, whose new Sunday schedule lets children and teenagers worship with the whole church family before moving to age-specific discipleship and Bible teaching. Until the sanctuary opens, the worship service takes place in the gymnasium, and an optional 'Hang Time' with games and activities is offered for children in Kindergarten through 3rd Grade. Early Childhood Ministry care for infants, toddlers and pre-K children is available during both the worship service and the classes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/sunday-worship-gatherings-51736/", "official_url": "https://cbcnyc.org/events/sunday-worship-gatherings-3-3-6-2/2026-11-01/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/eee9bd38a06b3ebf4a9ee5f97424bcc1fe3ec4959d61d569ef0a07ef982958c0-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Women In Prayer | Every Sabbath 11:30 a.m.", "start": "2026-05-23T23:30:00-04:00", "end": "2026-12-26T11:30:00-05:00", "place": "Kingsboro Temple of Seventh-day Adventists", "address": "7th Street 415, 11215 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian/prayer"], "description": "Women In Prayer is a weekly prayer gathering held every Sabbath. It takes place at Kingsboro Temple of Seventh-day Adventists in Brooklyn, whose congregation brings women together to pray.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/women-in-prayer-every-sabbath-1130-am-53391/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b71a478fbe605aa5f8a0e110d31161ba196cab2aeff19a24d6752890433f8611-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Observe All Saints' Day", "start": "2026-11-01T11:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Brick Presbyterian Church", "address": "Park Avenue 1140, 10128 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian"], "description": "A special Sunday worship service marking All Saints' Day, held in the church's Sanctuary. Brick Presbyterian Church invites the community to remember and honor those who have passed away over the past year, reflecting on their lives and finding solace in shared remembrance.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/observe-all-saints-day-51473/", "official_url": "https://www.brickchurch.org/events-1/observe-all-saints-day-4", "image": ""}, {"title": "Noonday Prayer (CH)", "start": "2026-11-03T12:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "St. Mary's Episcopal Church Harlem", "address": "West 126th Street 517, 10027", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian/prayer"], "description": "Noonday Prayer (CH) is a midday prayer gathering held at St. Mary's Episcopal Church Harlem in New York City. It is hosted by St. Mary's Episcopal Church Harlem. The gathering centers on prayer in the middle of the day. It takes place in Harlem on West 126th Street.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/noonday-prayer-ch-79622/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "TAIZE PRAYER EVENING", "start": "2026-11-02T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Church of the Epiphany", "address": "East 21st Street 239, 10010 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian/prayer"], "description": "TAIZE PRAYER EVENING is an evening of contemplative prayer and music held in the church. It is hosted by the Church of the Epiphany, with its Director of Faith Formation, Samuel Newton, as contact. Taizé prayer is a meditative, communal form of Christian worship from an ecumenical monastic community in Taizé, France, marked by simple repetitive chants, scripture readings, silence, and candlelight. It aims to foster inner stillness and unity among people of different Christian traditions.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/taize-prayer-evening-51901/", "official_url": "https://www.epiphanychurch.nyc/upcomingevents/taize-prayer-evening-hmgaf-lmrc5-3449w-xa2dm-xtb3z-jrhth-9d7z7", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cca8162957df43099adfe3ab2dfcf20d9257464740429b452b789ccf76bcb5a3-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Official Board Day", "start": "2026-11-01T10:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "First Baptist Church of Crown Heights", "address": "Eastern Parkway 450, 11225", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian/service"], "description": "Official Board Day is a recognition held during First Baptist Church of Crown Heights' Communion service, where the church's Official Boards are honored. It gives thanks for the church's Deacons and Trustees, whose faithful service of time and gifts sustains the church's life and ministry. The event is hosted by First Baptist Church of Crown Heights at its building on Eastern Parkway.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/official-board-day-52568/", "official_url": "https://myfbcch.churchcenter.com/calendar/event/222072839?systembrowser=true", "image": "https://noky.io/images/addfffcadcaf23eb0cc0cb67e3b904ca99f26925fe98eaeb31f0a029e57ad8ba-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Sunday Worship", "start": "2026-11-01T11:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-01T12:00:00-05:00", "place": "Madison Avenue Baptist Church", "address": "Madison Avenue 129, 10016", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian/baptists"], "description": "Sunday Worship is an in-person worship service held on Sundays. It is organized by Madison Avenue Baptist Church, whose congregation invites everyone to attend; those who cannot come in person can watch the service live on the church's YouTube channel. The service is recorded and livestreamed, so attendees may appear in the recording, and a coffee happy hour after the service is open to all. Hearing assistance is available on request, and Bibles and hymnals are provided in the pews.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/sunday-worship-53690/", "official_url": "https://mabcnyc.org/event/sunday-worship-2026-11-1/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a7cc6226c68108502e77557f7ecb06ab5423480c5bb116b2ba3a74952e5dd8b4-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Prayer & Fasting", "start": "2026-11-01T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-11-04T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "Times Square Church", "address": "West 51st Street 237, 10019 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian/protestant"], "description": "Four nights of prayer and fasting, held live in person and online, calling on God to open the way for His Word to go forth in New York City. It is led by Times Square Church, which has faced delays in building an LED marquee and wall at its building and believes God is calling it to pray the door open. The nights take their example from Hannah in 1 Samuel 1, whose cry to God raised up the prophet Samuel.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/prayer-fasting-57031/", "official_url": "https://tsc.nyc/events/prayer-fasting-fall-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6102c62e9413da368a555723d11263613cab530b6d0976574a5fcdcd69d881fe-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Voting is an Act of Love: Election Prayer Vigil", "start": "2026-11-02T18:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-02T18:20:00-05:00", "place": "Saint Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church", "address": "Park Avenue 990, 10028", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian/catholic", "society/politics/elections"], "description": "Voting is an Act of Love: Election Prayer Vigil is a short prayer vigil held on the steps of St. Ignatius of Loyola Church. Members of the Parish Council host it, building on their recent A Call to Faithful Citizenship event, to pray for safe and honest elections and that all citizens will exercise their right to vote. The vigil lasts about 20 minutes and includes prayer, meditative silence, and song.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/voting-is-an-act-of-love-election-prayer-vigil-55544/", "official_url": "https://ignatius.nyc/event/voting-is-an-act-of-love-election-prayer-vigil/", "image": ""}, {"title": "ASBC Sunday Service “Why Do We Pray\"", "start": "2026-11-01T10:45:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-01T12:00:00-05:00", "place": "All Souls Bethehem Church", "address": "East 7th Street 566, 11218 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian"], "description": "A Sunday church service at All Souls Bethlehem Church titled “Why Do We Pray”. It is led by Rev. Dr. Boon Lin Ngeo, who reflects that in prayer it is not God who is changed but us, and that even when we neither feel nor see God, turning our hearts back draws from a spring that never stops flowing. The church welcomes all with the message “You Don't Have to Believe to Belong and Be Loved in this Place”.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/asbc-sunday-service-why-do-we-pray-50933/", "official_url": "https://www.allsoulsbethlehem.org/events-1/asbc-sunday-service-why-do-we-pray", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ddc23b53db9e041e1e2c01e0c6303f30bf12b69ffe35237d4114d96f0cee4dad-2000.webp"}]}