Cultural Festivities in Sacred Spaces

Festive events showcasing traditional customs near historic churches, illuminated buildings, and winter celebrations in picturesque village settings.

Glöcklerlauf bell ringer run in Old Town St. Wolfgang at square Marktplatz and church St. Wolfgang: Glöckler are people who represent figures from the Rauhnacht customs in the Salzkammergut and neighboring regions. The figures embodied are Schönperchten, good light spirits who represent the Rauhnacht spirits, the Wild Hunt. St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut Salzkammergut Oberösterreich, Upper Austria Austria

Glöcklerlauf bell ringer run in Old Town St. Wolfgang at square Marktplatz and church St. Wolfgang: Glöckler are people who represent figures from the Rauhnacht customs in the Salzkammergut and neighboring regions. The figures embodied are Schönperchten, good light spirits who represent the Rauhnacht spirits, the Wild Hunt. St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut Salzkammergut Oberösterreich, Upper Austria Austria

Snow-covered statue of Jan Zizka and Church of Transfiguration of Our Lady on Mount Tabor, Jihocesky, Czech Republic, Europe

Glöcklerlauf bell ringer run in Old Town St. Wolfgang at square Marktplatz and church St. Wolfgang: Glöckler are people who represent figures from the Rauhnacht customs in the Salzkammergut and neighboring regions. The figures embodied are Schönperchten, good light spirits who represent the Rauhnacht spirits, the Wild Hunt. St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut Salzkammergut Oberösterreich, Upper Austria Austria

Glöcklerlauf bell ringer run in Old Town St. Wolfgang at square Marktplatz and church St. Wolfgang: Glöckler are people who represent figures from the Rauhnacht customs in the Salzkammergut and neighboring regions. The figures embodied are Schönperchten, good light spirits who represent the Rauhnacht spirits, the Wild Hunt. St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut Salzkammergut Oberösterreich, Upper Austria Austria

Church in the centre of the town Mittenwald, Bavaria, Germany

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Glöcklerlauf bell ringer run in Old Town St. Wolfgang at square Marktplatz and church St. Wolfgang: Glöckler are people who represent figures from the Rauhnacht customs in the Salzkammergut and neighboring regions. The figures embodied are Schönperchten, good light spirits who represent the Rauhnacht spirits, the Wild Hunt. St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut Salzkammergut Oberösterreich, Upper Austria Austria

Statue of St. John Nepomucene in Poznan

Basilika der Benediktinerabtei Ottobeuren, Unterallgäu, Allgäu, Schwaben, Bayern, Deutschland, Europa

Göttweig Abbey, Corpus Christi Procession Furth near Göttweig Wachau Lower Austria, Lower Austria Austria Austria

Inn sign GREIFEN (griffon) in front of Church of Holy Spirit, Dinkelsbuehl, Central Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

The Cathedral Basilica of St Stanislaus and St Ladislaus of Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania

Marienweiher monastery, pilgrimage church, district of Kulmbach, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Croatia, Zagreb, Kaptol Square, Virgin Mary statue,

Saint Bruno, statue of a saint, Old Main Bridge, Marienberg Fortress, Wuerzburg, Lower Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Sculpture of St. Augustine with a burning heart in hand trampling heretical books on Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic

Church of the Sacrifice of the Virgin Mary with statue of Jesus Christ in the historic old town of Ceske Budejovice, eske Budjovice, South Bohemia, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe

Basilica of St. Martin, people at Candlelight procession at the eve of Blutritt equestrian procession Weingarten Oberschwaben-Allgäu Baden-Württemberg Germany

Basilica of St. Martin, people at Candlelight procession at the eve of Blutritt equestrian procession Weingarten Oberschwaben-Allgäu Baden-Württemberg Germany

Heiligenkreuz Abbey, cyclists Heiligenkreuz Wienerwald, Vienna Woods Niederösterreich, Lower Austria Austria

Pilgrimage Church of Maria Kulm, officially Pilgrimage Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and St. Mary Magdalene, Baroque Roman Catholic Marian pilgrimage church, in the Cheb region in the village of Chlum Svate Mari, Maria Kulm, Karlovarsky kraj region, Czech Republic, Europe

Petrusbrunnen St. Peter S Fountain Trier Mosel Rhineland-Palatinate, Rhineland-Palat Germany

Brunnen mit Bronzefigur der Strumpfformerin und Mariensäule am Marienplatz mit Pfarrkirche St. Nikolaus und Rathaus in Immenstadt im Allgäu in Bayern in Deutschland *** Fountains with Bronze figure the Stocking fitter and Mary s Column on Marienplatz with Parish church St Nikolaus and City Hall in Immenstadt at Allgäu in Bavaria in Germany

Basilica of St. Martin, people at Candlelight procession at the eve of Blutritt equestrian procession Weingarten Oberschwaben-Allgäu Baden-Württemberg Germany

Statue for Bishop Teutsch on the Piata Albert Huet, Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania

Germany, Bavaria, Franconia, Stone_Carved Statue of a Saint and the Marienberg Fortress

Dormition of the Theotokos Kosciol in Zolochiv, Ukraine

Europe, Romania. Sapanta, Joy Cemetery. Painted church steeple.

Czech Republic, Bohemia, Prague, Charles Bridge, Statue of St John of Nepomuk with St Vitus.

Glöcklerlauf bell ringer run in Old Town St. Wolfgang at square Marktplatz and church St. Wolfgang: Glöckler are people who represent figures from the Rauhnacht customs in the Salzkammergut and neighboring regions. The figures embodied are Schönperchten, good light spirits who represent the Rauhnacht spirits, the Wild Hunt. St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut Salzkammergut Oberösterreich, Upper Austria Austria

Göttweig Abbey, Corpus Christi Procession Furth near Göttweig Wachau Lower Austria, Lower Austria Austria Austria

Basilica of St. Martin, people at Candlelight procession at the eve of Blutritt equestrian procession Weingarten Oberschwaben-Allgäu Baden-Württemberg Germany

New Serbian Orthodox Church Multicultural Monument 1997

Church of St. Nicholas, cemetery, funeral, Mariahilf, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria

Calvary, Charles Bridge, Prague, Praha, Czech Republic.

Moonset with Church and Christmas Decoration

church Stiftskirche St. Anastasius und St. Innocentius Gandersheimer Dom Bad Gandersheim Harz Niedersachsen, Lower Saxony Germany

Jesus Christ statue on the Charles Bridge in Prague (Czech Republic)

Figure of the Virgin Mary at St. Mary's Pharmacy, Herrngasse Street, market square, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Statue of Stefan Wyszynski, prelate of poland outside St Josephs church in Warsaw

Czech Republic, Prague, Charles Bridge, Crucifix

St John of Nepomuk, statue of a saint on Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic

The village Kaltern (Caldaro sulla Strada del Vino) in South Tyrol. Marian column. Kaltern is a hot spot for tourism in South Tyrol boasting a medieval old town. South Tyrol, Italy.

Required crucifixion scene from Jesus on the Golgotha mountain with the two other criminals near the Tihany monastery on Lake Plattensee. xzoonar.com/frankxwagnerx 22123376

Hadersdorf-Kammern, church Hadersdorf, ossuary, maypole in Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria

Basilica of St. Martin, people at Candlelight procession at the eve of Blutritt equestrian procession Weingarten Oberschwaben-Allgäu Baden-Württemberg Germany

Corpus Christi procession, Muehldorf am Inn, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Portugal, Azores, Sao Miguel Island, Ponta Delgada. Festa Santo Christo dos Milagres festival, Igreja Nossa Senhora da Esperanca church lit for the festival

musicians at Blutritt equestrian procession, in front of Basilica of St. Martin Weingarten Oberschwaben-Allgäu Baden-Württemberg Germany

Evening, Illumination, Dom St. Salvator zu Fulda, High Cathedral of Fulda, Cathedral Church of the Diocese of Fulda and Church of the Holy Sepulchre o...

Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Basseterre, St. Kitts, Leeward Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Church of St Michael the Archangel a small rock in Polish Church of St Michael the Archangel and St Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr and Pauline Fathers Monastery, a small rock in Polish ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/OleksiixHrecheniukx 13744462 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Statue of St. John Of Nepomuk on Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic

Basilica of Saint Francis

Statues of the Madonna with Saints Dominic and Thomas Aquinas on Charles Bridge overlooking the Castle in Prague, Czech Republic

Snowman figure 'Böögg' on the burning pyre, Spring Festival 'Sechseläuten', Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

horsemen and musicians at Blutritt equestrian procession, in front of Basilica of St. Martin Weingarten Oberschwaben-Allgäu Baden-Württemberg Germany

Jasna Gora Monastery in Czestochowa Poland

Easter fountain decorated with colorful Easter eggs in the churchyard of St. Nikolaus in Pinzberg in Franconian Switzerland, Bavaria, Germany

Our Lady of the Atonement Cathedral, commonly known as Baguio Cathedral, in Baguio City, Philippines.

Pope Statue of the Pope at Cathedral in Mende, France Copyright: xZoonar.com/gkunax 3214805

horsemen and musicians at Blutritt equestrian procession, in front of Basilica of St. Martin Weingarten Oberschwaben-Allgäu Baden-Württemberg Germany

Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Black Forest, St. Blasien, statue of St. Blasius, bishop and martyr, patron saint and eponym of the town.

Austria, Tyrol, Zillertal, Mayrhofen, village church,

horsemen and musicians at Blutritt equestrian procession, in front of Basilica of St. Martin Weingarten Oberschwaben-Allgäu Baden-Württemberg Germany

Glöcklerlauf bell ringer run at church Traunkirchen: Glöckler are people who represent figures from the Rauhnacht customs in the Salzkammergut and neighboring regions. The figures embodied are Schönperchten, good light spirits who represent the Rauhnacht spirits, the Wild Hunt. Traunkirchen Salzkammergut Oberösterreich, Upper Austria Austria

Statue of Jesus Christ, city wall, Klingentor, Ochsenfurt, Bavaria, Stations of the Cross, Germany, Europe

Klosterneuburg Abbey, Phylloxera Way Side Cross Klosterneuburg Wienerwald, Vienna Woods Lower Austria, Lower Austria Austria Austria

Holy Week, Kartage, replacement for bells, angelus ringing, rattle group, racket group

Maypole in Bad Herrenalb Maibaum in Bad Herrenalb

Chinese tourists in front of the Gothic cathedral, Duomo di Bolzano at the Piazza Walther, Waltherplatz in Bolzano, Bozen, Dolomites, Italy, Europe

Hooded brothers with conical hats that serve as masks, Holy Week procession, Llucmajor, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Canada, Quebec, Three Rivers aka Trois-Riveres. Our Lady of the Cape Shrine aka Le Sanctuaire Notre Dame du Cap.

Rosary Basilica and the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Lourdes, Pyrenees-Midi, France, Europe

Catholic parish church St. Vitus with maypole in Erling, district of Andechs, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Shrine, pilgrims in front of the Basilica, Basilica of the Rosary and Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Lourdes, Hautes Pyrenees, France, Europe

Pilgrims, Chapel of Grace, Kevelaer, North Rhine-Westfalia, Germany, Europe

Settlers' procession at Albrechtsburg Castle

church Sillian, graveyard Sillian Osttirol, East Tyrol Tirol, Tyrol Austria

21st Christmas Vespers in front of the Church of Our Lady

Germany, Baden Wurttemberg, Ludwigsburg, Christmas Market - market stall and Church

Easter fountain, Merkendorf, Middle Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Mariamonument depicting Mary with infant Jesus and four bishops, Maastricht, Limburg province, Netherlands,

Switzerland, Basel. Basel Winter Holiday Market (aka Basler Weihnacht) at Barfusserplatz. Holiday roof top decorations, gold angel with gloves on.

Sculpture group St Sigfrid and his three nephews by Peter Lime tree in front of Vaexjoe Cathedral, Smaland, Kronobergs laen, Sweden, Europe

Statues of the Teutonic Order Grand Masters in the Marienburg (Zamek w Malborku) with a monumental figure of the Virgin Mary in Malbork in the Pomorskie Voivodeship in Poland

Mass at the Lourdes shrine

Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima. World Youth Day 2023. Portugal.

Aerial view of the fairy tale characters of the Brothers Grimm standing around the fairy tale fountain in the old town, Steinau an der Straße, Spessart-Mainland, Hesse, Germany

schwimmender doppelter erzgebirgischer Schwibbogen mit Modell der Kirche auf dem Dorfteich, dahinter die Dorfkirche von Bärnsdorf, Radeburg, Sachsen, Deutschland *** Floating double candle arch from the Ore Mountains with a model of the church on the village pond, behind it the village church of Bärnsdorf, Radeburg, Saxony, Germany

LOURDES - JUNE 15, 2019: View of nuns on the bottom of Notre-Dame du Rosaire basilica in Lourdes, France

Parish Church of St. Sebastian from the Malerwinkel with mountain Reiteralpe, stream Ramsauer Ache, Christmas decoration, snow Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden Oberbayern, Berchtesgadener Land Bayern, Bavaria Germany

LOURDES - JUNE - 15 - 2019: Christian cross on a background the Basilica of our Lady of the Rosary in Lourdes, France

Christmas market on the Neumarkt at the Church of Our Lady in Dresden

Nepalese people in a nursing home, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Vespers in front of the Church of Our Lady

Easter fountain at the market square, Kipfenberg, Altmühltal, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Willendorf, Venus from Willendorf, Lower Austria, Austria

LOURDES - JUNE 15, 2019: Chapel of Reconciliation

mit 2900 echten bemalten Ostereiern geschmückter Osterbrunnen in Teuchatz in der Fränkischen Schweiz, Bayern, Deutschland *** with 2900 Real painted Easter eggs Geschmückter Osterbrunnen in Teuchatz in the Franconian Switzerland, Bavaria, Germany

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