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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/prayers-held-for-city-quake-victims.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The rubbles from collapsed wall are strewn inside the earthquake-damaged Holy Trinity church in Lyttelton (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-prayers-held-for-city-quake-victims.jpg" alt="The rubbles from collapsed wall are strewn inside the earthquake-damaged Holy Trinity church in Lyttelton (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>Residents have held open-air prayers for the dead and missing on the lawns of churches cracked and shattered in New Zealand&#8217;s earthquake while teams searched for more bodies in what could become the country&#8217;s deadliest disaster.</p>
<p>&#8220;As our citizens make their way to church this Sunday they will be joined in prayer by millions around the world,&#8221; said mayor Bob Parker of the devastated city of Christchurch.</p>
<p>&#8220;For now we are truly comforted by the thoughts and prayers of so many.&#8221;</p>
<p>The death toll rose Sunday to 146, with officials citing &#8220;grave fears&#8221; for the more than 200 still missing and prime minister John Key warning that last week&#8217;s 6.3-magnitude quake could be the country&#8217;s worst disaster, surpassing a 1931 shock that killed 256 people.</p>
<p>When the quake ripped through the city last Tuesday, the city&#8217;s churches were among the hardest-hit buildings.</p>
<p>Among them was Christchurch Cathedral, at the heart of the city, which suffered massive damage, its bell tower in ruins and 22 people potentially lying dead inside.</p>
<p>Still, many churches found a way to hold Mass</p>
<p>Parishioners set up rows of chairs in the sunlight and under the shade of trees on the lawn of St Barnabas, an 86-year-old Anglican church where the quake cracked stone walls, shattered some stain glass windows and left the tower sinking.</p>
<p>Wails of passing police cars and the roar of a military chopper overhead occasionally interrupted the sermon.</p>
<p>The Reverend Philip Robinson later tried to rally a sombre crowd. &#8220;This is not called Christchurch for nothing,&#8221; he said, drawing smiles from a few. &#8220;We will rise again.&#8221;</p>
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