Prayer and Reflection in Culture

Silhouettes of individuals praying, traditional garments, and contemplative settings evoke a mood of spirituality and devotion.

Jesus Walks

Meditation

shepherd life illustrating the Twenty-Third Psalm 'Thou anointest my head with oil' 1946, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Santa Maria del Tule, Mexico - 03 November 2023: View of a solemn altar glowing with candlelight and adorned with a crucifix and a framed portrait.

Incense, alternative medicine and mature man on floor for spiritual meditation, holistic treatment and healing. Aromatherapy, cleanse and person with stones for balance, chakra and detox for wellness

Posterior view of two girls practicing some kind of Pagan ritual with a white dove.

Halloween ghost photoshoot spooky season

Myanmar (AKA Burma), Yangon (AKA Rangoon). Stupa Shewedagon. Temple detail. (MR)

Saint Francis, detail from the Miracle of the Crucifix speaking to Saint Francis in the Church of Saint Damien, 1608-1609, polychrome terracotta statue by Dionigi Bussola (1615-1687), 2nd Chapel, Sacred Mountain of Orta (UNESCO World Heritage List, 2003), Orta San Giulio, Piedmont, Italy, 17th century.

Guy meditating

JIM CAVIEZEL in THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST (2004), directed by MEL GIBSON.

A Mayan ball player holds up the ball made of hule in Chapab village in Yucatan state in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula

Nepal, Mustang, Buddha Figure Wrapped In Ceremonial Scarves Being Carried Through The Summer Fields During Lok Khor Festival To Bring Good Harvests And Protection.

Woman Praying

Two men wearing traditional clothing and turbans standing under arch decorated with translucent orange curtains.

Beijing, China Xiangshan ("fragrant mountains") , 1913 - China - Stéphane Passet (French - Pékin , Chine Xiangshan ( « montagnes Parfumées » )). Statue, Buddhism, sculpture, monastery, stucco, religious architecture, Religion , Art , Habitat , Architecture, Py-Yen-Seu, debris of a collapsed temple

Close up ancient celtic styled woman hugging tree and praying portrait picture. Closeup side view photography with blurred background. High quality photo for ads, travel blog, magazine, article. Close up ancient celtic styled woman hugging tree and praying portrait picture

Painting clay based image of Durga, the ten armed warrior goddess, for use in the Durga Puja festival, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Muslim, man and bow for praying at house of spiritual worship, praise Allah and belief in Ramadan. Male person, prayer or dua in salah, forgiveness and mindfulness of fasting tradition in Islam faith

Ethiopian boy attending a prayer service outside of Abreha we Atsbeha church; Tigray Region, Ethiopia

Xhosa amaKwetha (young men who have just been circumcised as part of their initiation into manhood) covered with blankets (traditional). Coffee Bay. Wild Coast. Eastern Cape. South Africa

Asking God

Baby Jesus in the manger

Realistic skull ritual with candles halloween night

Mahatma Gandhi resting during fast, Delhi India, Asia, September 1924 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

angel of the memorial tomb owned by the Ripoll Ballester family, Soller cemetery, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

A man in a cassock spends a ritual in a dark forest A man in a cassock spends a ritual in a dark forest with a crystal ball and book ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/AleksandrxKichiginx 11884058 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Christmas decoration, nativity scene, crib figurines

Caucasian woman burning incense in ancient temple

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

TERUEL. IGLESIA DE SAN PEDRO. LOS AMANTES DE TERUEL. OBRA DE JUAN DE AVALOS.

Santuario de Fátima. Fátima, Portugal. Hoguera de exvotos.

Seville, 07/28/2006. Our father Jesus of great Power. Photo: pepe ortega Archsev.

2003 Festival of Native Arts, Fairbanks, Alaska. This elaborate three day event was started in 1973, and has grown each year to become one of the Interior's greatest celebrations of Alaska Native culture. Dance groups and artists from all around Alaska come to perform and sell arts and crafts.

Virgin trampling evil snake in Saint_Nicolas de Veroce church, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

canto de La Sibila, Carmen Jaime, iglesia del Convent de Sant Bonaventura, llucmajor, Mallorca, balearic islands, Spain.

Ethiopia, Tribal People, Mursi Tribe Predicting Future From Animal Intestines.

Close-up of a young man talking with a priest

Mahatma Gandhi sitting place with his large photograph and his charkha at Satyagraha Ashram founded in 25-May-1915 at Kochrab Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

MEXICAN woman in black mantilla during EASTER PROCESSION - TEMPLO DEL ORATORIO, SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, MEXICO

1960s 1970s AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN CHURCH PEW SILLY WHITE HAT GLOVES YELLOW CAPE HOLDING RED PRAYER BOOK

Jesus drawing in the sand

a minister conducting a funeral service

Tibetan Buddhist flags of the Himalayas

Set of thirteen slides of shepherd life, illustrating the Twenty-Third Psalm 'And I will dwell in the house of the Lord' 1946, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Exhibit, World Mission, Boston Garden , Exhibitions, Religious meetings, Exhibit booths, Nuns. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

An man wearing Arab garb photographs a friend in the rainy valley of Wadi Darbat, Oman.

Statues St. Thomas baptized Namboodiri Brahmins to Christianity pond near St Thomas church at North Paravur Kerala Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Taiwan Taipei Martyrs Shrine changing of the guards ceremony

Jesus Heals Lepers

A Virgin Mary statue

Mexico, North America. Diana Marilin Castillo offers images of the Saint of Death in the Sonora Market, in Mexico City.

The make-up of the Kathakali character Bali is being applied, Perattil, Kerala, India, Asia

Cemetery on All Saints' Day. France.

Jesus spends time with children

Japan, Kansai, Kyoto, Agon Shu's Hoshi Matsuri, Fire Rites Festival,

Naga Sadhus perform pooja before taking a holy dip during the Kumbh Mela 2003 at Trimbakeshwar, near Nasik, Maharashtra, India. Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi sleeping, 1939, Mahadev Desai NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

St. Anthony's Feast, North End, Boston , Religious processions, Sculpture, Saints. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Benedictine monk painting a vase, Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Asciano, Tuscany, Italy.

Cemetery in Germany.

Italy, Civitella d'Agliano, Viterbo, Lazio, Religion, Jesus, Cross

Man from the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (with black Indian heritage) prays before playing his traditional Native flute while standing over a fire

Statue of Liberty on a Hot Dog Stand

Statue of woman, Mikladalur, Kalsoy, Faroe Islands

USA, California, Yermo: Peggy Sue's Nifty Fifties Diner US Rt.15, Magic Elvis, Fortune Telling Machine

Trip Director Marvin Nicholson, left, and others wait for President Barack Obama by the motorcade before departing the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Nov. 10, 2010.

Ouro Preto Processions

Marble sculpture symbolizing Buddhism in Asia inside a temple in Thailand.

Kathakali dancer looking in the mirror and checking the shape of chutty on his face.

An artist preparing a monumental altar at his house in Huaquechula

Devotee of Krishna in Nova Gokula Farm playing Mridangam

Malaga cathedraL. Open church door. Back view of christian couple. Spain.

Kathakali dancer looking in the mirror and checking the shape of chutty on his face.

Sculptures at a Sculpture Workshop (for Varanasi) organised by Ministry of Railway (Govt of India) and the Ministry of Culture (Govt of India) in Nazrul Kala Kshetra at Agartala. Tripura, India.

occult science and supernatural concept - close up of woman or witch with semiprecious crystal or gemstone pyramid performing magic ritual in forest. close up of woman holding crystal pyramid

Celebration of Purim festival in a Jerusalem synagogue, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Mexico, Mexico State, Chalma, Girls Dressed In White And Carrying Lifesize Infant Figure During Pilgrimage To Church.

Seventh Day Adventists worship at the University Church in Loma Linda California. The church broadcasts its services to Seventh

Hooded monk wearing cloak

Dedication ceremonies for the new Indian Memorial at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana, with Secretary Gale Norton, tribal representatives, and other political dignitaries participating

cemetery winter cross / concept loneliness sorrow, cross in winter landscape

A man in a cassock spends a ritual in a dark forest A man in a cassock spends a ritual in a dark forest with a crystal ball and book ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/AleksandrxKichiginx 11883750 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

crypt of Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, England, Great Britain, Europe.

Feast of the Holy Spirit at Domus De Maria.

MORGAN FREEMAN and STEVE CARELL in EVAN ALMIGHTY (2007), directed by TOM SHADYAC.

tantric massage

Pilgrimage Leonhardi-Ritt in St. Leonhard am Wonneberg

Hindu saint naga baba Shivdasgiri with Kobra snake in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India MR 707A Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Scary priest holding a cross while staying in the dark place. Horror, Religion and Halloween Concept.

North America, USA, Alaska, Ketchikan, Saxman Native Village. Tlingit Village Carving Center, carving totem poles

Two angels angels in front of a Christmas bokeh background pair of Angels Over Bokeh Background on Christmas

Joan Vila-Grau en su estudio haciendo los vitrales de la sagrada Familia.

MAIA MORGENSTEN in THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST (2004), directed by MEL GIBSON.

SPAIN - La Vega (district of Sevilla) - ANDALUSIA - Seville. Semana Santa / Holy week: "La Macarena" at the "La Madrugá" procession

The Saint Carried by the Inhabitants of Domus De Maria.

High angle view of a rabbi holding a goblet at a Hanukkah ceremony

Angel sitting on a cloud opening a gift

Austria, Tyrol, Stams, Abbey Stams, Cistercian cloister, beekeeping, beekeeper father Norbert

India, Kerala, Fort Cochin, Kathakali Dancer Being Made Up For Performance.

Monk wearing cloak

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