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
Vintage Photograph. Camp ritual in Pocono mountains
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1930S Chinese Funeral Parades Palanquin Bier Coffin Float Parade Ceremony Rite Hong Kong China
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Refugees Road To Freedom -- A constant stream of refugees is flowing from Europe to America, seeking refuge from oppression and persecution. The cameraman accompanied a party of German Jewish refugees travelling from Berlin to New York. Refugees praying on board the liner "Vulcania," which is taking them to America and a new life. They offer thanks for their liberation and solicit divine blessing for the days that lie ahead. They are wrapped in their "talliths" (praying mantles) and wear their "
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St. Catherine's May procession , Religious processions, Priests. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection
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Village Church- Everyday Life in Uffington, Berkshire, England, UK, 1944 Members of the congregation, including two young boys, step out into the sunshine as they leave the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Uffington, Berkshire, following Sunday morning service.
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Religious parade, Romney, West Virginia 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
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Hark! The 'Angels' Sing!"Angels" carol-singing group ***** their devotional candles.Boys from St. Mary-of-the-Angels Song School at Addlestone will sing carols at St. Martins-in-the Fields for 90 minutes next week and on Christmas Eve will sing carols in the B.B.C's "In Town to-night" programme. The "Angels" wear crimson cassocks and linen suplices and contrary to the usual idea of small boys have an extraordinary stillness while singing. December 15, 1949.
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Entrance, Catholic chapel (V), Manzanar Relocation Center, California. Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar.
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03/31/1943. Catholic action pilgrimage of Santiago: Arrival at the cathedral of the Galician pilgrimage, organized by the Daughters of Mary, Catholic action and the Women's section of the phalanx.
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Forest Hills and Mt. Hope Cemetery. Peace on Earth , Crèches Nativity scenes, Forest Hills Cemetery Boston, Mass.. Leon Abdalian Collection
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Poll photo collection. Rebuilding a nunnate. Nuns work with hoods. 1940. France
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Tabernacle Sukkot Goldsmidt House 1934, Jerusalem, Israel
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Human helplessness in the face of an inexplicable horror expressed itself in religious Hysteria on the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral, News photographers found amazing material for their cameras. January 19, 1955.
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Anefo photo collection. Moroccans who have the country in hunger strike in the church's pigeon in Amsterdam. July 17, 1978. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Poll photo collection. Wedding in the kibbuts Yad Mordecai at Asjkelon in the southwest of Israel. Bride and groom together under the Choepa while the rabbi reads the wedding contract. January 1, 1964. Asjkelon, Israel, Yad Mordecai
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10/31/1917. The centenary of Cardinal Cisneros in Toledo. 1.-catafalque that was placed in the Muzarab chapel of the Cathedral (Crimson velvet cloth with a shield embroidered in gold and silver). 2.-discovery of the tombstone on Puerta Llana street. 3.-Cardinal Guisasola (X) Upon his return to the Archbishop's palace, after the Funerals. Photos: E. Rodríguez.
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Religious procession near Saint-Augustin church, 8th arrondissement, Paris Religious procession near the Saint-Augustin church, Paris (Single Arr) ". Photo Club of Paris. Drawing with gelatino chloride.
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Vintage Photograph. Easter Sunrise services at Worcester Massachusetts.
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The practice of Christianity in Korea revolves around two of its largest branches, Protestantism and Catholicism, accounting for 8.6 million and 5.3 million members respectively. Roman Catholicism was first introduced during the late Joseon Dynasty period. In 1603, Yi Gwang-jeong, Korean diplomat, returned from Beijing carrying several theological books written by Matteo Ricci, a Jesuit missionary to China. He began disseminating the information in the books and the first seeds of Christianity were sown. In 1758 King Yeongjo of Joseon officially outlawed Catholicism as an evil practice. Roman Catholicism was again introduced in 1785 by Yi Seung-hun. Korean Christians were subject to persecution and hardship. Many were martyred, especially during the Catholic Persecution of 1801 and later. The Joseon Dynasty saw the new religion as a subversive influence and persecuted its earliest followers in Korea, culminating in the Catholic Persecution of 1866, in which 8,000 Catholics across the c
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Miss Hedejar and Mr. Lang wedding at St. Andrew's Church. The bridal pair coming down stairs of church, with minister in front of blue tiled archway. 1940, Jerusalem, Israel
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Three Ku Klux Klan members standing beside automobile driven by Klan members. 1922 March
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For of Such is the Kingdom of Heaven. Date/Period: 1891. Painting. Oil on canvas Oil on canvas. Height: 1,829 mm (72 in); Width: 2,540 mm (100 in). Author: Frank Bramley.
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Vintage Historical Photograph. "Knights of the Ku Klux Klan standing in front of a cross", August 31, 1927. Kingston, Ontario Canada.
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Anefo photo collection. Entry St. Nicolaas in Amsterdam the Saint followed on Damrak. November 16, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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The March Past of the Nations. Each Spring 30,000-34,000 spectators gather in the heart of the Belgian city of Bruges to watch the Procession of the Holy Blood on Ascension Day, forty days after Easter. The pageant dates back to the 13th century when a citizen of Bruges is said to have brought the Relic of the Holy Blood of Jesus Christ back from the Second Crusade. 1914
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Anefo photo collection. Entry St. Nicolaas in Amsterdam the Saint followed on Damrak. November 16, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Anefo photo collection. "Women for peace" commemorates the victims of the atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the fence of the Peace Palace in The Hague. Two Japanese monks pray; On the banners is O.A. "Women for Peace". August 6, 1979. The Hague, South Holland
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Hooded Ku Klux Klan Members, Washington DC, USA, National Photo Company, 1922
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The smiths' dinner. Västra Klagstorp parish, Skåne. Nordic
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PEREGRINACION DEL AÑO SANTO. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA. A CORUÑA. SPAIN.
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St. Catherine's May procession , Religious processions, Priests. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection
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12/31/1958. Girls Uniformed with the Nuns of the Jesús del Remedio Home Child School.
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Anefo photo collection. VVDM performs Easter personality at Kazernes, for the gate with Giants Easter and banners. April 22, 1973
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Reception of new bells
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Vintage Photograph. Families gathering out front of church in Seattle Residential District. Frame 5
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Feeling people gathered outside the church stables at Rättvik's church in Dalarna Nordic
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1970s THREE KIDS IN SUNDAY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PAGEANT WITH BABY JESUS IN MANGER AND THREE WISE MEN BRINGING GIFTS
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St. Anthony's Feast, North End, Boston , Religious processions, Sculpture, Saints. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection
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St. Anthony's Feast, North End, Boston , Religious processions. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection
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Members of the Ku Klux Klan meeting on private property on the outskirts of Oklahoma City to induct 350 new members, 1934.
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Seminarians Dig Graves -- With Francis Cardinal Spellman as overseer, candidates for the priesthood from St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie, N.Y., look on today as two fellow students, John Donohue (left) and Kevin Flynn dig grave in strike-bound Calvary cemetery, Queens. Cardinal Spellman asked the seminarians to dig the graves after more than 600 bodies remained unburied. Union gravediggers continued to picket the burial ground as the volunteers entered the cemetery and went to work. March 03, 1949. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).
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Letter From America (December) -- At dusk each Christmas Eve, whether he is in Washington or in Independence, Missouri, the President lights the Community Christmas Tree on the South lawn of the White House. The ceremonies are witnessed by several thousand persons, many of them children. If he is in Independence, the President lights the tree by pressing a button that sets off the 800 glittering lights 1,000 miles away. The tree is a symbol of all community Christmas trees in the United States. October 11, 1949.