Brooklyn 's bishop called on parishes to ban gay-marriage supporters from speaking at events .
布鲁克林的主教号召教区禁止同性婚姻的支持者在教会活动中发言。
The neighboring parishes can come and take their pick of relics or ecclesiastical equipment .
周边的教区可以来这里挑选他们需要的圣物或者是宗教设备。
As a result , some parishes are cutting back on masses on christmas day .
结果,有些教区就把圣诞弥撒给提前了。
A handful of big evangelically-minded parishes now exercise huge influence , far beyond their immediate patch .
现在有很多大型福音主义教区表现出巨大的影响力,远超出他们的地理限制。
Since 1988 , the number of orthodox parishes has nearly trebled to 19000 ; the number of seminaries has increased ninefold to 26 ; the number of monasteries has increased 25-fold to nearly 500 .