Religious Altars and Statues

Altars featuring religious figures, intricate decorations, and sacrificial lanterns, highlighting cultural and architectural beauty in various churches.

Greece, Crete, Rethymno. Venetian Baroque, 16th century Eastern Orthodox Monastery. The Holy Monastery of Arkadi interior. (Editorial Use Only)

USA, Texas, San Antonio, Mission Concepcion interior

Figure of St. Ambrose, Wies Church, Rococo, built from 1745 to 1754, Wies 12, Wies Steingaden, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Worship, church and altar with symbol, religion and architecture with building. Inside, empty and sanctuary with holy ground, candles and spiritual with believe, Christianity and praise in Denmark

Donja Satornja, Topola, Sumadija District, Serbia. September 11, 2024. Religious painting in a Serbian winery.

Virgin Mary with Jesus, Saint Mary Basilica, Phoenix, Arizona. Founded 1881, rebuilt stained glass from 1915

Image of Saint Nicholas, saint of sailors, mariners and fishermen, Deia, Serra de Tramuntana, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Madonna figure in front of the portal of the Church of Our Lady, church, rose blossom, flower, spring, May, church, Schrobenhausen, Bavaria, Upper Bavaria, Free State, Germany, Europe

Statue of Lord Buddha called Padmasambhava at shakti gompa at Ladakh, Jammu Kashmir, India Statue of Lord Buddha called Padmasambhava at shakti gompa at Ladakh, Jammu Kashmir, India Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 21164800

Interior of Church of La Palma, Plaza Alta main square, Algeciras, Spain. (Editorial Use Only)

Italy, Campania, Torre del Greco, cave of the Holy of the Principe

El Santuario, Chimayo, NM, USA

Side altar and figure of Mary with sacrificial lanterns, Church of St. Wendelin, Sibratshofen, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Side chapel with candles and votive tablets Church of St., Church of St., St., St., Saint

Pisa, Italy, Tuscany, Piazza dei Miracoli, painting of Mary alite by candles inside the Baptistery and Duomo Cathedral

Wall paintings in the Unesco world heritage site Urnes Stave Church, Lustrafjorden, Norway, Europe

Bulgaria, Black Sea Coast, Varna, Orthodox Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin, interior

La Basilica de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, Mexico City, Mexico, Central America, A high wall flooded with golden light with a religious image and a golden cross above it, Distrito Federal, Central America

small altar with a Christ Andalusian tiles on a white wall

Romanesque baptismal font in the vestibule, behind it 19th century crucifixion group, St., Sankt, Saint

Lid of the baptismal font in Altenberg Cathedral (also Bergischer Dom), former monastery church of Altenberg Abbey, built by the Cistercians since 1133, since 1857 simultaneous church for the Protestant and Catholic churches, Odenthal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Aedicula with painted angel in Medjugorje Angel picture in aedicula on house stone wall in Medjugorje in Bosnia ed Erzegovina Copyright: xZoonar.com/GoneWithTheWindx 6985172

Vietnam, Da Nang, Convent of St Paul de Chartres,

Figure, Saint Ulrich, Church of Saint Ulrich, Obermaiselstein, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

The National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C. , Churches, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Interior view of the majestic Trinity Church, altarpiece in Gothic church with figures of Christ and colourful flowers, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA, North America

Lighthouse chapel, Magellanic penguin colony, -Spheniscus magellanicus-, Magdalena Island, Strait of Magellan, Patagonia, Republic of Chile, South America.

Europe, Germany, Freiburg, Baden-Wurttemberg, religious art

Israel, Jerusalem. Church of St. Anne, statue of Mary as a young girl with her mother, St. Anne.

Crossroad at the Piaristen Church in Krems, Wachau Region, Waldviertel Region, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Altenberg Cathedral (also Bergischer Dom), Altar of the Coronation of the Virgin Mary (2nd half of the 15th century), former monastery church of Altenberg Abbey, built by the Cistercians since 1133, since 1857 simultaneous church for the Protestant and Catholic churches, Odenthal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Jesus Christ in the tomb, Mary and the angels, chapel of the Sacred Mountain of Orta (UNESCO World Heritage List, 2003), Orta San Giulio, Piedmont, Italy.

Baptismal font and candle, Church of St. Alexander and Georg, Niedersonthofen, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Newsstand on the way of miracles, francesco da paola sanctuary

Ibiza Traditional Goldwork Ibiza Traditional Goldwork, Ethnographic Museum of Eivissa, Can Ros - Puig de Missa, Santa Eulària des RiuIbiza, Balearic islands, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 23005240

Old Jesus Christ church 1899 Street Khotachi Wadi Girgaon Charni Road Bombay Mumbai Maharashtra India India Copyright: xVxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Inside view of santa cruz catholic cathedral Cochin Kochi Kerala India Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

The crypt houses the bones of St. Nicholas, Basilica San Nicola, Bari, Puglia, Bari, Puglia, Italy, Europe

Marienaltar, winged altar around 1510, late gothic hall church St Veit, Ottensoos, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Capilla de la orden tercera, talla barroca del periodo Juanil, convento de San Francisco, gotico-manuelino, siglo XV, Evora, Alentejo, Portugal, europa, Europe

Saint Nicolas church. Altar with prayer book and tabernacle for celebration. Cluses. France.

Old fresco / little chapel, pescarzo, Italy

Altar in front of a round-arched window in the Romanesque church in Hernstein, Triesingtal (Triesing Valley), Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Duomo of San Giorgio (Dome of St. George) Cathedral in Modica Sicily Italy San Giorgio Cathedral of Ragusa Ibla Sicily Italy

View of a small ice chapel with religious icons in Irkutsk, the icy walls reflecting the dim light, a serene and ethereal scene, Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.

Altar on the grave of St. Boniface, relief images by Johann Neudecker, Boniface Crypt, Fulda Cathedral, Fulda, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Noyon, France , 1917 - Devastated regions, Somme, Oise, Aisne - Fernand Cuville (photographic section of the army) - (September -October) (French - Noyon , France). Church, Christianity, inner view, sculpture, decorative arts, object of worship, furniture, sacred book, Middle Ages, Religion , Habitat , Architecture , Art, France, Noyon, Cathedral Le Trésor: bell of the 7th S. Evangeliaire du Ixe S. Pascal candlestier from the 12th brazier and wardrobe of the 12th century

Catedral de la Asuncion, 1860, Leon, Nicaragua, Central America, Painting of the Crucifixion of Jesus above an altar with a statue in front of it, Central America

Palestinian Territory, Nablus. Church of St. Photina (Jacob's Well).

The interior of the Memory Chapel Ermida da Memoria. Nazare. Portugal NAZARE, PORTUGAL - JUNE 26, 2016: The interior of the Memory Chapel Ermida da Memoria covered with azulejo tiles. The church was built to commemorate the Legend of Nazare. Nazare. Portugal Copyright: xZoonar.com/SergxZastavkinxSergeyxPristyazhnyukx 21337606

estacion de viacrucis, Deià, comarca de la Sierra de Tramontana, Mallorca, balearic islands, Spain.

Museum of slovak village in Jahodníčky Hory, east of Martin, Slovakia. The Village Museum is the largest of its kind in Slovakia. On an area of 15.5 hectares there are143 exhibits of Slovak folk architecture from northwest Slovakia

Bavarian National Museum, St. Mary with baby Jesus and rose bushes, Straubing and Regensburg around 1300, Prinzregentenstrasse 3, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Sephardische Synagoge Joseph Caro Safed, Israel Sephardische Synagoge Joseph Caro Safed, Israel Copyright: xZoonar.com/HGVorndranx 21135720

Tomb of Pope Pius XI, Vatican Grottoes, St Peter's Basilica, Vatican.

Hawthorn bush and statue of Virgin Mary in front of bridge at Our Lady of Beauraing / Notre-Dame de Beauraing sanctuary, province of Namur, Belgium.

Interior of the Sagrada Familia, Church of the Atonement of the Holy Family, architect Antoni Gaudi, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Votive tablets in the pilgrimage church of Maria Himmelfahrt in Sammarei, Klosterwinkel, Ortenburg, Lower Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Catacomb saint in the collegiate basilica, Waldsassen monastery, year of foundation 1133, Waldsassen, Upper Palatinate, Germany, Europe

imagen de ramon Llull en azulejos, Santuario de la Madre de Dios de Cura , monte de Randa, Algaida, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Coffin of Heile Selassie, Kiddist, tomb, stained glass window, leaded glass window, Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Africa

Mosaico de la Virgen de la Merced (Mare de Déu de la Mercè) situado en la calle Esparteria de Barcelona.

Image of Virgin of Guadalupe, Basilica de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City, Mexico

Religious chapel in a stone wall religious chapel in a stone wall copyright: xzoonar.com/tolox 22630396

Portugal, Minho Province, Braga. Interior of Se Cathedral. Crypt.

Statue of a saint in the alcove of a house, Kallmuenz, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Veneration of the Virgin Mary at a house, Burano, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Offertory box and candles at a church, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Cross and chancel. 11th century, Chiesa San Giuliano, mountain village of Erice, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Tomb of Beniamino Gigli. Recanati. Marche. Italy

Woman praying in front of an icon, interior, Church of Saint Demetrius or Hagios Demetrio, Thessaloniki, Chalkidiki, Macedonia, Greece, Europe

Basilica de Sa cova de Santa Agnès (s.XVI-XVII). Sant Antoni de Portmany.Ibiza.Illes Balears.España.

Statues of St. Monica and St. Joachim at the parish church in Altenmarkt, Triestingtal, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Depiction of Jesus with his twelve disciples in a side aisle of the Minster of St. Mary and St. Mark, a Romanesque former Benedictine monastery church and present-day Catholic parish church in the Mittelzell district on the island of Reichenau in Lake Constance, Konstanz district. The monastery island of Reichenau, together with the church, has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000, Reichenau, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Antonios Tarabay Al Tannoury Kloster im Qadisha-Tal. Monastry in the Qadisha-valley. Shallita and Assia are the names of two famous hermits who lived and died here during the 17th-18th centuries. The Lebanese Maronite Order was founded at this monastery in 1696. When the Order was divided between the Lebanese and the Aleppine monks in 1770, the Monastery of Mar Elisha was granted to the Aleppines (who became known as the Maronite Mariamite Order in 1969) . Except for some small sections, most parts of the monastery building date from the 20th century

Flower vendor sitting outside a church, Ljubljana, Slovenia

El Calvario Church, Leon, Nicaragua, Central America, crucifix on a pillar in a church near the entrance, symbolising faith and devotion, Central America

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Tucson, Arizona. Founded 1692

Peru. Cusco city. Church and convent of Santo Domingo (Koricancha)..

Image of Jesus with the crown of thorns, Divino Salvador Church, Vejer de la Frontera, Cadiz Province, Costa de la Luz, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Easter friday celebration in Saint Serge orthodox church

Small altar with Madonna and flowers

Tabernacle Abraham in front of the Dornbusch Kath. Elisabeth Church, Nuremberg Tabernakel Abraham in front of the Dornbusch Kath. Elisabeth Church, Nuremberg

Old, wrought-iron grave cross, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Georgia, Kutaisi. Gelati Monastery, church icon.

Shop for devotional objects in the historic town of Assisi, Umbria, Italy, Europe

Cao Dai temple. Caodaist disciples sitting during ceremony, Tan Chau. Vietnam.

Altar with Christ Cross in Mary's Grotto, replica of the grotto of Lourdes, place of pilgrimage, Bad Salzschlirf, Vogelsberg and Roehn, Fulda, Hesse, Germany, Europe

CHINA, Heilongjiang Province, Haerbin (Harbin). Church of St. Sophia (b.1907) former Russian Orthodox Church now the Haerbin Architecture Arts Centre / Interior with Russian Icons.

Jesus Christ in procession through the streets of Villajoyosa

Antigua, Guatemala, Central America, Virgin Mary saint painted on mosaic colored tile on a wall

Altar with Christ Cross in Mary's Grotto, replica of the grotto of Lourdes, place of pilgrimage, Bad Salzschlirf, Vogelsberg and Roehn, Fulda, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Mexico, Bahia de Banderas, Bucerias. A beach town in Nayarit State between La Cruz de Huanacaxtle and Nuevo Vallarta. Bucerias has a church: Nuestra Senora de la Paz (Our Lady of Peace) which is located in the town plaza. Candles on an altar.

Cathedral of Cuernavaca, Unesco site Earliest 16th-century monasteries on the slopes of Popocatepetl, Mexico, Central America

Portugal, Porto. Mosaic on side of Santo Ildefonso Church.

Redemption Garden, chapel with the theme of redemption from evil, pediment with the apocalyptic sun woman from chapter 12 of the Revelation of John, who is threatened by the 7-headed dragon (symbolising Satan), St., Sankt, Saint

Fountain Old Drinking Fountain in Italy, Vintage Style Toned Picture Copyright: xZoonar.com/gkunax 9584098

Hamburg, main church of St Nikolai, built in 1962 by Dieter and Gerhard Langmaack, altar and mosaic entitled Ecce Homines (Behold, the people), created in 1974 by the Italian artist Sergio Cicognani to a design by Oskar Kokoschka

Night stand covered with religious objects and photos

Relief of the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus, House of the Blackheads, Town Hall Square, historic centre, Riga, Latvia, Baltic States, Europe

House altar, niche with a figure of a saint at a residential house, Burano, Veneto, Italy, Europe

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