Women unite

CAYUGA - Across the globe, women of all faiths joined together Friday to recognize and honor the 2008 World Day of Prayer.

Celebrated in more than 170 countries, the celebration was designed to bring together women of all cultures and faiths to affirm the belief and share their hopes and fears and prayers, starting from sun up to sun down on the first Friday of March.

The celebration has its roots in the 19th century when Christian women of the United States and Canada began a variety of cooperative efforts in prayer and it has grown worldwide from there, with the first official World Day of Prayer held in 1927.