STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Several prayer services will be held on Staten Island this week for the victims of the Orlando shooting that left 50 dead and more than 50 wounded in what has been dubbed the deadliest shooting in American history.



The Staten Island Clergy Leadership says the organization condemns such acts of violence, and is working to provide comfort to people who feel traumatized by such tragedies.

Staten Island Clergy leaders will open their houses of worship to pray for the community of Orlando at the following services:

Monday, June 13, 7 p.m. to 7:40 p.m. at Temple Israel at 315 Forest Ave., Randall Manor.

Tuesday, June 14, 7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Albanian Islamic Cultural Center, at 307 Victory Blvd., Tompkinsville.



The shooting in Orlando comes almost a year to the day after another act of senseless violence in a Charleston, S.C. Church.



The Staten Island community will gather for a long-planed interfaith service on Friday at 7 p.m. at the Stapleton UAME Church, 49 Tompkins Ave. to remember the nine people who were killed by a gunman in Emanuel AME Church in Charleston one year ago.



Speakers at this service will be Bishop Rev. Dr. Victor Brown, Rev. Maggie Howard, Imam Tahir and Rev. Janet Jones, among others.



