Cultural Religious Celebrations

Historical moments capturing various cultural religious celebrations, including foot washing, Christmas cribs, and traditional pageants.

Vintage Photograph. Camp ritual in Pocono mountains

Calendar of religious ceremonies in Jerusalem Easter period, Armenian foot washing in Church of St. James, Ap. 17, 1941, Israel

Anefo photo collection. Christmas in Volendam, children in the Vincent Church look at Christmas crib. December 21, 1964. Noord-Holland, Volendam

Pageant group representing India, 1940-41, Wellington, maker unknown.

Vintage Photograph. Camp ritual in Pocono mountains

St. Patrick's -- Welcome to Card. Farley

Cardinal Spellman. May 04, 1948.

Confirmation. Konfirmation.

Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catholic Church , Priests, Outdoor religious services. Leon Abdalian Collection

Girls from the brotherhood of the city and the countryside attend the mass celebrated on May 15, 1950, during which the fruits that they offered in the afternoon to the image of San Isidro were blessed.

Anefo photo collection. Mission Maasbode. Priests of Rotterdam's Diocese say goodbye to Mgr. Furniture. April 24, 1956. Rotterdam, South Holland

Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catholic Church , Priests, Outdoor religious services. Leon Abdalian Collection

The Royal Tour: Ceylon -- Some of the famous Kandyan temple dancers at the lodge gates of King's Pavilon, Kandy: a Royal Garden Party will be held at King' Pavilion on April 19th, during the Queen's two day stay in Kandy. April 16, 1954. (Photo by Rosemary Gilliat, Camera Press).

Mahatma Gandhi taking rest during his march through the riot stricken area of Noakhali East Bengal, November Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Homing of the Catholic women's organization for Lower Austria from Kaiser Karl I and Empress Zita in Schönbrunn.

Waterweight Feast for Greek Catholic in Vladimir Wolinsky.

Tribal performance gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives

Escape From Japanese In American *****: Catholic nuns of the Order of St. ***** on their arrival in the United States ***** in the Solomons in an American ***** other *****, 3 of them children, ***** their ***** through the jungle to the ***** Island ***** an hour ahead of the ***** to the ***** submarine, which brought ***** Island. There they boarded a ship for *****. Left to right: Sister Superior Mary *****, Sister Mary Hedda and Sister Mary *****. April 17, 1943. (Photo by US Office Of War

Confirmation. Konfirmation.

The Christmas Story, Y.M.C.A. tableaux The Adoration of the Shepherds III. 1934, Jerusalem, Israel

Confirmation. Konfirmation.

06/08/1919. Madrid. In the school of the Salesian Fathers. Blessing and delivery of a flag during the physical education festival held yesterday.

04/14/1958. The Girls Hosted by the House of Nazareth Joyfully Deposit Personal Memories in an Urn that was Placed Under the First Stone.

Monument system for Sebastian Kneipp "in the water is salvation

Moukden (Shenyang) The orphanage of girls led by the sisters of Portieux Providence (Vosges) , 1912 - China - Stéphane Passet (French - Moukden ( Shenyang ) L' orphelinat de filles dirigé par les Soeurs de la Providence de Portieux ( Vosges )). Church, woman, foreign presence, Christianity, Western type architecture, Western influence, Human beings, international relations, religion, housing , architecture, society

Confirmation. Konfirmation.

12/31/1929. Rocío pilgrimage in the sanctuary of Almonte.

Bernadettes in procession

Notable visitors and approx. chronological events since 1930 Heads of different religious communities. Attending Sir Arthur's inaugural ceremony. 1931, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Unknown Confirmants. Okända konfirmander.

Religious meeting, Nashville, Tennessee. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Nativity at American Legion in Revere, Massachusetts , Crèches Nativity scenes, Artists. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

06/25/1911. Religious Festival in San José. Communion Mass Celebrated in the Church of San José, attended by more than one hundred Girls.

Canadian Choir Sing in Westminster AbbeyChoirmaster George N. Maybee conducts the choir of St. George's Cathedral, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, singing in Westminster Abbey, London, today (Tuesday).The choir is taking over singing duties in the Abbey for three weeks from today as holiday reliefs and are the first from the Commonwealth to do so. August 10, 1954. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Anefo photo collection. Circus Mullens Initiation H. Mass in new tent, led by Rector E. Hupperets. August 22, 1953

Temple Chorus, Greek Play, Nashville

Weddings--Helen Gould wedding altar, Jan. 22, 1913

Anefo photo collection. Marvo funeral B. Omberger in Driehuis. October 24, 1955. Driehuis

High angle view of a group of people praying in a religious festival, Eid ul-Fitr, India

Florida. Entierro de un miembro del Ku-Klux-Klan en la ciudad de Petersburgo. Fotografía del año 1937. Author: Keystone View Co. Agency.

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. The Queen in the Hindostan Araya Samaj Temple in Lake Care. November 1, 1955. Meerzorg, Suriname

asia, cina, suore francescane missionarie di maria praticano il vaccino antitifo, 1930

Description: Students of Tonga College perform a graceful gesture song to entertain the Queen and her distinguished guests during the celebrations. The girls are neatly attired in uniforms of blue and white over which they are wearing the traditional sisi's. Location: Tonga tonga, australasia, oceania, australasiathroughalens

VILLANOVA DEL GHEBBO ITALY JUNE 1964 Group of children firts communion

Anefo photo collection. General rehearsal of the passion games in Tegelen, Judas (left) sells Jesus to Kajafas (left) and the high priest Annas. May 16, 1960. Limburg, Tegelen

Anefo photo collection. Sanctuary Maastricht, Archbishop of Cologne Joseph Frings, right Mgr. Dr. J. H. G. Lemmens, Bishop van Roermond. July 9, 1955. Maastricht

Poll photo collection. Wedding in the kibbuts Yad Mordecai at Asjkelon in the southwest of Israel. The bride is led to the Choepa. January 1, 1964. Asjkelon, Israel, Yad Mordecai

Annefors chapel on Aug 22, 1916. The priest is Oskar Eurbiuss Grape (Olsson), born 1871. Annefors kapell den 22 aug 1916.Prästen är Oskar Eurbiuss Grape (Olsson), född 1871. Byggnad: Annefors kapell

Poll photo collection. Wine strokes - Beaujolais. Children get baptism sugars distributed at the entrance to the church on the occasion of a baptismal ceremony. undated. Burgundy, France

Anefo photo collection. 1,000,000th tourist in the capital, MAW couple from England, police chapel with straight organs behind it. December 1, 1964. Great Britain

06/01/1918. In the bullring of Granada. Distinguished Ladies who presided over the bullfight held for the benefit of La "Gota de Leche".

A dramatic moment in the ordination service of priests at St. Mary's Basilica. The young priests lay prostrate before the altar steps. December 12, 1938.;A dramatic moment in the ordination service of priests at St. Mary's Basilica. The young priests lay prostrate before the altar steps.

Poll photo collection. Rome: The papal Swiss Guard in Vatican City. Kneeling Salute of the Guard in the Sala Clementina one of the audience halls on the 2nd floor of the Apostolic Palace. December 1937. Italy, Rome, Vatican City

Madrid, 10/31/1915. The walls of the La Almudena cemetery (eastern necropolis), during the traditional visit to cemeteries on the occasion of All Saints' Day.

Ladies pyramid. .

African Americans posed outside of church. Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A. compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois.

Heralds Of ChristmasBathed in light that shadows the 13th century tracing of the old porch, youthful choristers, in their surplices and peaked caps, rehearse Christmas carols at the village church of St. Peter at South Weald, Essex. During the Christmas season the choir will sing carols at local hosterlries and almshouses. The choristers are trained at the church school in the village under Miss D.M. Thompson. During the last war, ten thousand soldiers - who passed through a nearby camp - worshipped at the Church of St. Peter. December 06, 1949.

Confirmation. Konfirmation.

The Queen Lights A Beacon. Her Majesty lighting the beacon in Holyrood Park. The climax came to Edinburgh's festival of sport yesterday when Her Majesty lit a beacon in Holyrood Park. A torch lit prom the beacon was then carried by a succession of runners to Arthur's seats the summit of the great hill overlooking Edinburgh. There the torch was used to kindle a celebration bonfire. June 29, 1953. (Photo by Paul Popper Ltd.).

Anefo photo collection. Symbolic inflating the "Hembrug". June 11, 1960

Us hill-billy sect of Holiness Faith-healers in Tennessee beginning to dance with hysteria. Cultists plunge their hands into flames to show their faith. Once this sect used to pass round deadly snakes until this was banned by law. November 18, 1952.

Aranjuez (Madrid), 1932. Catechetical section in Aranjuez. Group of the catechetical section of the Catholic Women's Youth in union with the girls who, at the end of the course, have financed and prepared for their First Communion.

Wedding procession, Peking. Wedding procession, Peking

01/31/1918. For the Poor of Reus. Meeting of the Sagrada Familia wardrobe, Moments before the distribution of Garments. -approximate date.

London, England: c. 1928 Dockland representatives of the Noble Order of Crusaders in procession at the opening service of the new Dockland Chapel of St. George and St. Helena.

Tomb for Hermann Hanisch

Elsevier photo collection. Bali. Funeral cremation. October 1930. Bali, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Kerkwiding Nieuw Vennep Our dear Lady Immaculate Conception. June 7, 1956

Vintage Photograph. Church fair.

Anefo photo collection. Fire in a 15th century Catholic Church in Son at Eindhoven. December 30, 1958

Wedding procession, Peking. Wedding procession, Peking

The Samaritan Passover on Mt. Gerizim, Samaritan men with prepared carcasses ready for the oven. ca. 1900.

San Sebastián de Garabandal (Cantabria), 1965. Mystery of the apparitions of the Virgin and the angel Saint Michael. In the image, the girls appear attracted by the vision.

Brunico, inauguration of the forest chapel below the soldier cemetery in the presence of Excellence of Roth, December 1915..

Indian elephant procession in Victorian times

"Like this, you see." The Rev. R.W. Collins takes time off from his normal ecclesiastical duties to show some of the Olney housewives now in training for the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Race just how to toss a pancake and, more important, how to catch it. Pancakes have to be 'flipped' three times during the 415-yard course. Pancake can be retrieved if it is dropped and tossed again but vital seconds are lost. Mr. Collins is the vicar of the local parish church of SS Peter and Paul and he is responsible for the revival of this 505-year-old custom. February 08, 1951.

Wedding procession, Peking. Wedding procession, Peking

Mahatma Gandhi giving food to the Jain monks and nuns at Birla House Mumbai, 1945, R. D. Birla NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Cardinal Gilroy, escorted by Rev. Mother Francis, Superior-General of the Sisters of St. Joseph (California), enters Rosary Villa. April 27, 1953.

Traditional maori ceremony, New Zealand

Confirmants, Bomhus church. Photo on May 14, 1949. Konfirmander, Bomhus kyrka. Foto den 14 maj 1949.

Forest Hills and Mt. Hope Cemetery. Peace on Earth , Crèches Nativity scenes, Forest Hills Cemetery Boston, Mass.. Leon Abdalian Collection

Visitors with an image of Merit; 5000 years of art from Egypt from the museums of Cairo, Alexandria and Leiden. .

Anefo photo collection. Pentecost. June 7, 1946

The Awakening. Presentation by Dick Dowling This theatrical production featured the rise of the Ku Klux Klan 1924 June

Lucia with brides ...

The new papal band at the Vatican, photograph by G Felici, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXII, No 50, December 10, 1905.

Warrior arrival in the cemetery

Church officials and choir, (Isle of Wight), c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes.

Amish family praying before a meal

Ku Klux Klan Parade, Washington DC, USA, National Photo Company, August 1925

Twelve nuns and one man, 1930s, Germany, Europe

EXCURSION DE COLEGIO DE NIÑAS CON MONJAS.

Anefo photo collection. Marriage in Portuguese Israelite synagogue. April 11, 1954

The Brotherhood of Rocío of Seville, of the Parish of El Salvador, was canonically erected on February 17, 1934 by decree of Cardinal Eustaquio Ilundáin y Esteban. Among the promoters were José Anastasio Martín, Emilio Pardo Bernal, José M. Delgado and Segundo de Montes Huibroso. The brotherhood was erected canonically, but the decree contained a very special clause: he could not make a pilgrimage to the hermitage in the village of Almonte for Pentecost. In 1950, a group of brothers, enthusiastically supported by the parish priest Andrés Guillén Morales and with the close collaboration of the lawyer José María Domenech Romero, who until his death was an Honorary Elder Brother, carried out the efforts, not without difficulties, to obtain the ecclesiastical authorization and thus make a pilgrimage to Rocío. The authorization, with Pedro Segura y Sáenz being cardinal of Seville, finally arrived on April 30, 1951. Miguel Lasso de la Vega y Marañón was the older brother. In the image, the p

Wedding procession, Peking. Wedding procession, Peking

Waterweight Feast for Greek Catholic in Vladimir Wolinsky.

Christmas angels and St Nicholas, 1930s, A dressed-up couple stands in a festively decorated room, Historical photo

Bob, Daniel Jr. Campagne , Boys, Acolytes, Families. Leon Abdalian Collection

K.K.K. Ku Klux Klan Imperial Kouncil Vancouver, Canada. Nov. 1925

The widow's mite: c1876. Stereograph shows a woman placing coin in box for the poor at church graveyard as ghost of woman watches.

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