Religious Celebrations in Cathedrals

Photographs of solemn religious ceremonies in European cathedrals, including ordinations and liturgical celebrations in traditional vestments.

Altar candle lighting at Notre_Dame de Paris cathedral, Paris, France, Europe

Celebration with the Shroud of Turin in Duomo cathedral, Turin, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

Altar candle lighting at Notre_Dame de Paris cathedral, Paris, France, Europe

Bowing down, Litany of the Saints, Episcopal ordination, Amiens Cathedral, Somme, France, Europe

Priest ordinations at Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, Paris, France, Europe

San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Community of Madrid), 11/14/2007. Solemn mass in the Basilica of the Valley of the Fallen. Photo: Ignacio Gil. ARCHDC.

Seville, 08/13/2023. Novena and mass of the Virgin of the Kings, attended by the Archbishop of Seville, José Ángel Saiz Meneses. Photo: Raúl Doblado. ARCHSEV.

St Francis de Sales basilica. Catholic mass. Bishop blessing the faithful with holy water. France.

Saint Jacques church. Sunday mass. Sallanches. France.

St Joseph church. Catholic mass. Eucharist celebration. Geneva. Switzerland.

Eastern Oriental church yearly Mass in Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France, Europe

St Joseph church. Catholic mass. The liturgy of the word. Geneva. Switzerland.

11/04/2014. Seville, 06/22/2019. Priestly ordination of seven deacons admitted to the Presbyterian. Ceremony presided over by Archbishop Monsignor Asenjo, in the Cathedral of Seville. Photo: Juan Flores. ARCHDC.

Priests in solemn vestments enter the Cathedral di San Cerbone for Mass on Holy Thursday, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Italy, Europe

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11/04/2014. Seville, 06/22/2019. Priestly ordination of seven deacons admitted to the Presbyterian. Ceremony presided over by Archbishop Monsignor Asenjo, in the Cathedral of Seville. Photo: Juan Flores. ARCHDC.

Orthodox Coptic celebration, Chatenay_Malabry, Hauts_de_Seine, France, Europe

Traditionalist Mass, Lyon, Rhone, France, Europe

Priest ordinations at Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, Paris, France, Europe

Ash wednesday celebration in Saint Philippe du Roule church, Paris, France.

Mass in Saint-Philippe-du-Roule catholic church, Paris, France. Eucharist..

Priest ordinations at Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral, Paris, France, Europe

Italy, Marche. Loreto. Sanctuary Of The Holy House. Holy Mess. Celebrations Of The Good Friday.

Benedictine Gottweig Abbey. Good friday service

Orthodox Mass, St. Jean Chrysotome liturgy, Villemomble, Seine-St. Denis, France, Europe

Catholic faithful attending a mass at Catedral Metropolitana S© to receive ashes during the ash Wednesday, with which it begins of the Lenten season for the Catholic religion's Holy Week. on March 5, 2025 in Sao Paulo City, Brazil.

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Good Friday procession, Enna, Siclly, Italy

Mass during a traditional Catholic pilgrimage, Villepreux, Yvelines, France, Europe

Devotees raise their pets to receive holy water blessings during a mass to bless pets and animals as part of the 'World Animal Day' at Iglesia de San Francisco on October 4, 2024 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Gospel, Bishop Olivier Leborgne, Bishop of the Diocese of Amiens, Episcopal ordination, Amiens Cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Picardy, France,...

Mass in Saint-Philippe-du-Roule catholic church, Paris, France. Archbishop Michel Aupetit.

Madrid, 12/08/2016. Mass of the Immaculate Conception by Archbishop Carlos Osoro. Photo: Isabel Permuy ARCHDC.

Catholic church during covid-19 epidemic. Mass celebration. Liturgy of the word. Sallanches. France.

Bishop's mitre

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Traditionalist Mass, Bievres, Essonne, France, Europe

Latin Patriarch conducting the Ordination ceremony of Brother Olivier

Catholic procession, Villemomble, Seine-Saint-Denis, France, Europe

Archbishop celebrating mass in Saint-Eustache church Paris. France.

Ordination of nuns of the Sisters of the Rosary, Beit Jala, Palestine National Authority, Middle East

Latin Patriarch conducting the Ordination ceremony of Brother Olivier

Italy, Marche. Loreto. Sanctuary Of The Holy House. Holy Mess. Celebrations Of The Holy Easter.

Catholic faithful attend a mass at Cathedral Metropolitana of Sao to receive ashes during Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the Lenten season for the Catholic religion's Holy Week, in Sao Paulo City, Brazil, on February 18, 2026.

Deacon ordinations in Notre Dame cathedral, Paris, France, Europe

Russian Orthodox Mass, Kazan cathedral, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Eucharist in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit, Anglican Church of St. James, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Mass in St. Nicolas's church, during 2019 lockdown, Beaumont le Roger, Eure, France, Europe

Priest during Eucharist celebration, Paris, France, Europe

Catholic parish mass

Celebration in Paris cathedral, Paris, France, Europe

Eastern Oriental church yearly mass in Notre Dame cathedral, Paris, France, Europe

Saint Bernard-de-Menthon church. Holy Week. Good Friday celebration in a catholic church. Switzerland.

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Easter mass with the Kreuzchor in the Kreuzkirche on Easter Sunday

Mitre of a bishop. Religious symbol. La Roche sur Foron.. France.

Eucharist celebration, Catholic Mass, L´Ile St. Denis, France, Europe

Catholic Mass in Reims cathedral, Reims, Marne, France, Europe

Córdoba, 12/25/2019. Christmas Mass in the Cathedral Mosque, officiated by the bishop of Córdoba, Demetrio Fernández. Photo: Valerio Merino. ARCHCOR.

St. Louis church. Mass. Eucharistic celebration. France.

Celebration in Paris cathedral

Latin Patriarch conducting the Ordination ceremony of Brother Olivier

Vespers in Notre_Dame de Paris cathedral, Paris, France, Europe

Liturgy commemorating and honoring the victims of the 1932-1933 Holodomor and the Russian-Ukrainian war started in 2014 in the Madeleine basilica, Paris, France.

France, Haute-Savoie, Saint-Nicolas de Véroce. Deacon and holy sacrament France

Maundy Thursday celebration in Our Lady maronite church, Houmal, Lebanon

Celebration in Paris cathedral, Paris, France, Europe

Saint Nicolas church. Catholic mass. Adult confirmation ceremony. France.

Getafe (Community of Madrid), 06/30/2019. Mass on the Cerro de los Ángeles, officiated by the Archbishop of Madrid Carlos Osoro, on the occasion of the centenary of the consecration of Spain to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

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QUANTICO, Va. (Aug. 25, 2022) Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro and his wife, Betty Del Toro, visits the U.S. Marine Memorial Chapel in Quantico Aug. 25, 2022. Del Toro visited to pay respects to the 13 service members lost during the bombing attack at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2021.

Ascension Mass at Mont Saint Michel abbey, Normandy, France, Europe

Toledo, 04/03/2015. Holy Week, Good Friday. Procession of the Christ of La Vega. Photo: Luna Revenga. Archdc.

Toledo, 03/24/2016. Holy Week, Good Friday. Procession of the Christ of La Vega. Photo: Ana Pérez Herrera Archdc.

Three priest standing at altar in Saint Peter's Basilica; Vatican City, Rome, Italy

Turkey, Tur Abdin, Mar Gabriel Monastery. (Photo by: Giulio Paletta/UIG)

Italy, Puglia, Lecce, San Rosario Church (17th century), Votive Candle

Priest ordinations at Notre Dame cathedral. Paris. France. (Paris, Ile de France, France)

Priest Ordinations in Notre_Dame de Paris cathedral, Paris, France, Europe

St. Louis church. Mass. Holy communion. France.

Priest Ordinations in Notre_Dame de Paris cathedral, Paris, France, Europe

Traditionalist Mass in Notre_Dame du Carmel chapel, Fontainebleau, Seine_et_Marne, France, Europe

Saint Joseph church. Catholic mass. Ash wednesday celebration : the first day of Lent. Geneva. Switzerland.

Saint Joseph church. Catholic mass. Ash wednesday celebration : the first day of Lent. Geneva. Switzerland.

Saint Jacques church. Sunday mass. Eucharist celebration. Sallanches. France.

Chaplain McGrath over sees the funeral service for former NASA astronaut Captain Bruce McCandless II, USN (Ret.), Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018 at the United States Naval Academy Chapel in Annapolis, Maryland.

The Blessed Sacrament in a monstrance. Eucharist adoration. France.

Pope Mass in Cuatro Vientos. 08-21-2011. Photo Jose Alfonso. Archdc Jose Alfonso.

Sunday mass in Keur Moussa benedictine abbey church, Keur Moussa, Senegal.

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Priest ordinations in Notre Dame cathedral, Paris, France, Europe

Bishop in Sainte Genevieve catholic cathedral, Nanterre, France.

Saint Jacques church. Exit procession. Sallanches. France.

Sunday mass celebrated by ecumenical patriarch Bartholomew in St. George's Greek Orthodox church . Istanbul. Turkey. (Istanbul, Marmara, Turquie)

The new bronze bells are displayed in the nave during a ceremony of blessing by Paris Archbishop Andre Vingt-Trois, on the 850th anniversary, Notre Da...

Easter mass with the Kreuzchor in the Kreuzkirche on Easter Sunday

Mass in Saint Giles s catholic church, Champignolles, Eure, France

Catholic faithful attending a mass at Catedral Metropolitana S© to receive ashes during the ash Wednesday, with which it begins of the Lenten season for the Catholic religion's Holy Week. on March 5, 2025 in Sao Paulo City, Brazil.

Priests and monks hold an orthodox service at the Easter night of midnight till 4 o'clock in the morning in the monastery of Cozia in Romania,

Holy Mass by Pope Benedict XVI Joseph Ratzinger, Inauguration Ceremony at St. Peter's Cathedral, St. Peter's Basilica, Piazza San Pietro, St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, Rome, Lazio, Italy, 24. 04. 2005, Europe

Religious procession to the cathedral of Caltagirone. Sicily Italy

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