Biblical Scenes and Celebrations

Recreations of biblical events featuring groups in traditional attire, celebrating or reflecting on religious moments such as nativity and congregational gatherings.

Nativity scene with shepherds visiting baby Jesus with Mary and Joseph / Cedar Hills, Utah, United States

Group Celebrating Outside Synagogue

Jesus shows his anger outside the temple

Madrid, 11/28/2014. Neapolitan nativity scene of the Dukes of Cardona. Photo Isabel Permuy Archdc.

Nativity scene with shepherds visiting baby Jesus with Mary and Joseph / Cedar Hills, Utah, United States

Kneeling For Forgiveness

Europe. Italy. Umbria. Province of Perugia. Bevagna. Gaite Market. Realization of the Fresco

Street in Jewish Quarter. Jerusalem (Necodineus). 1934, Israel

SPAIN - Segarra (district) - Catalonia - Lerida. La Segarra: Sant Guim de la Plana, "human crib"

Passion Play Oberammergau, photo rehearsal 04.05.2022

Rear view of a person praying, Benedictine Church, Abu Gosh, Israel

Madrid, 12/09/2014. Figures from the Nativity scene at Puerta del Sol. Photo: Isabel Permuy. Archdc.

Nativity scene with shepherd visiting baby Jesus with Mary and Joseph / Cedar Hills, Utah, United States

Ethiopia: Lalibela, Blue Nile River Basin, World Heritage Site of 11 rock-hewn Coptic Christian Churches of the 13th century carved out of solid red volcanic tuff, Western Cluster. (Editorial Usage Only)

Celebration of the Holy Mass at the church of Chacas, Peru. (Photo by: Giulio Paletta/UIG)

A priest stands in the rock_hewn church of Bet Merkorios, in Lalibela, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ethiopia, Africa

BAHIA HAIFI in FULL OF GRACE (2015), directed by ANDREW HYATT.

Nativity scene with shepherd visiting baby Jesus with Mary and Joseph / Cedar Hills, Utah, United States

Ethiopian Orthodox Christians read scripture by candle light at the entrance to the old St. Mary of Zion cathedral, Aksum, Northern Ethiopia.

KEISHA CASTLE-HUGHES and OSCAR ISAAC in NATIVITY (2006) -Original title: THE NATIVITY STORY-, directed by CATHERINE HARDWICKE.

Asia, Israel, Jerusalem. Church, Holy Sepulchre.

Fire Temple of the Zoroastrians, Yasd, Yasd, Iran, Asia

1st Station of the Cross 1950, Jerusalem, Israel

Songs of expulsion and never return

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Nativity scene of Mary and Joseph admiring baby Jesus / Cedar Hills, Utah, United States

John The Baptist Is Arrested

Janowice Chamber (Komora Janowice) in the Wieliczka Salt Mine (Kopalni Soli Wieliczka) in Wieliczka in Lesser Poland in Poland

Person in spooky Hallowe'en ghoul costume standing in fog.

Holy Week, Antigua, Guatemala.

Forgiven

Italy, Campania, Naples, nativity shop in Spaccanapoli quarter

A monk and a jailer watching a woman

Jesus Gives A Man Direction

Religious statue carried during EASTER PROCESSION - TEMPLO DEL ORATORIO, SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, MEXICO

Priest With Arms Outstretched

Candlelight service, Peneda church, Peneda-Geres National Park, Portugal

David Santiago Garcia

Jesus praying

Portrait of a single woman praying with her hands folded.

Passion Play Oberammergau, photo rehearsal 04.05.2022

Woman pours oil on Jesus' head

Low angle view of Masai youth dancing at their village in Kenya, Africa.

a viaticum in Baztan, 1917, oil on canvas, Javier Cigo, Museum of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra,Spain.

Statue of the sacred mount, varallo sesia, Italy

Jesus Washes Disciple's Feet

JUDI DENCH in TULIP FEVER (2017), directed by JUSTIN CHADWICK.

Christ hangs on the cross

Woman with wings in a decaying building

LISA RAY in WATER (2005), directed by DEEPA MEHTA.

Monastery of the Order of the Hospitallers, Acre

Woman Lighting Candles In The Church Of St. Nicholas, Kotor, Montenegro

Canada, Quebec Province, Cap au Leste, Nouvelle france site, native americans Montagnais

Passion Play Oberammergau, photo rehearsal 04.05.2022

Christ in the Wilderness Briton Riviere (1840-1920/British) Guildhall Art Gallery Corporation of London

Bedouins and children outside tent, Holy Land, circa 1900

Easter liturgy, Easter service in the early morning of Easter Sunday of midnight till 4 o'clock in the monastery of Cozia in Romania,

Notable visitors and approx. chronological events since 1930 The Bishop of Canterbury, Dr. Lang. At the Church of the Holy Sepulchre with Greek and Armenian priests. 1931, Jerusalem, Israel

Mexico, San Luis Potosi, Crucifixion of Jesus represented during Catholic celebration at Good Friday

edieval Themed Wedding Texas Renaissance Festival Attire

ENCAPUCHADOS DE PROCESION.

Prelates and aristocrats, detail of Saint Francis canonized by Pope Gregory IX, polychrome terracotta statues by Dionigi Bussola (1615-1687), 20th Chapel, Sacred Mountain of Orta (UNESCO World Heritage List, 2003), Orta San Giulio, Piedmont, Italy, 17th century.

Africa, Ethiopia, Axum Worshiper, Four Living Creatures Church (MR)

Madrid, 11/28/2014. Neapolitan nativity scene of the Dukes of Cardona. Photo Isabel Permuy Archdc.

Palio of the Frog. Fermignano. Marche. Italy

SPAIN - Segarra (district) - Catalonia - Lerida. Sant Guim de la Plana, "Pessebre Vivent"

Italy, Sicily, Marsala. Holy Thursday procession, the Via Dolorosa

LIFE OF BRIAN (1979), directed by TERRY JONES.

Man Holding The Bible And Thinking

MOROCCO, NEAR MARRAKECH, ATLAS MOUNTAINS, OURIKA VALLEY, BERBER MUSICIANS IN ALMOND ORCHARD

Passion Play Oberammergau, photo rehearsal 04.05.2022

Crucifixion Of Christ

Poll photo collection. Middle East 1950-1955: Jerusalem. Pilgrims in a procession on Good Friday in Via Dolorosa on the way to the Church of the Holy Grave. 1950. Israel, Jerusalem, Jordan

Mother Canada statue at the Canadian World War One Memorial, Vimy Ridge National Historic Site of Canada, Pas-de-Calais, France.

The Christmas Story, Y.M.C.A. tableaux The Visitation II. 1934, Jerusalem, Israel

Caucasian man with beard wearing robe with hood

Medieval Kitchen, Christ Church, Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland

Madrid, 12/09/2014. Figures from the Nativity scene at Puerta del Sol. Photo: Isabel Permuy. Archdc.

The Ten Commandments is a 1956 American religious epic film. It dramatizes the biblical story of the life of Moses, an adopted Egyptian prince who becomes the deliverer of his real brethren, the enslaved Hebrews, and therefore leads the Exodus to Mount Sinai, where he receives, from God, the Ten Commandments. It stars Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, and John Derek.

Jesus is taken prisoner by the soldiers, Passion Play 2010, Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

A noblewoman praying in the chapel of a castle

shepherd life illustrating the Twenty-Third Psalm 'He maketh me to lie down in green pasures' 1946, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

STORM REID in THE NUN II (2023), directed by MICHAEL CHAVES.

Fountain of Siloam, Valley of Jehoshaphat, 1839. David Roberts (Scottish, 1796-1864). Color lithograph;

Man, with a black hooded coat, in front a burning candle and an old book, Germany, Europe

The crucifixion of Jesus Christ, Jesus is taken from the Cross, Mary is weeping for her son, Passion Play 2010, Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Jesus Shows His Anger

The crucifixion of Jesus Christ, Jesus is taken from the cross, Mary weeping for her son, Passion Play 2010, Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

France, Paris, 24.03.1990, Notre-Dame Church, Europe

Africa, Mali, Dogon Region, Tireli village. Masked dancers (Editorial Usage Only)

Passion Play Oberammergau 2022, after Last Supper, Lamentation on the Mount of Olives, Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

The high priests and scribes are observing the expulsion of the temple merchants, Passion Play 2010, Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Feast of Jordan. Axentowicz, Teodor (1859-1938), painter

Jesus Praying In The Garden Of Gethsemane

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The road to Golgotha, stations of the cross, via Dolorosa, Jesus is scourged and falls underneath the cross, Mary meeting her son, Passion Play 2010, Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Rabbi Worshipping

Traditional California Native American woman of the Acjachemen Nation (San Juan Capistrano Mission Indians) dressed in deer hides, shell beads and basket hat weaves a basket using reeds that she flattens using her mouth and hands (MR)

People Depicting Mary And Joseph

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