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
Altar candle lighting at Notre_Dame de Paris cathedral, Paris, France, Europe
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Abbey of San Gervasio. Mondolfo. Marche. Italy
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Celebration in Paris cathedral, Paris, France, Europe
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230402-N-OX847-1015 IONIAN SEA (April 2, 2023) Lt. Brad Guillory, ship chaplain, assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), blesses palm fronds for the Roman Catholic Palm Sunday service, April 2, 2023. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.
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Catholic Confirmation
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at Touro Synagogue, Newport, Rhode Island, announcing a Save America's Treasures program grant for the Synagogue, the nation's oldest
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President Bush leaves church under a downpour
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wedding ritual in the Orthodox Church in the Slavic tradition
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A CATHOLIC PRIEST in San Antonio Church presides over an Easter Mass - SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, MEXICO
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Reverend Brian A. Evans, pastor of First Lutheran Church in downtown Pittsburgh, PA USA
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Exhibit, World Mission, Boston Garden , Exhibitions, Religious meetings, Exhibit booths, Priests. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection
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An Orthodox Priest blesses members of the media at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad, Tuesday, June 5, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 56 Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos, flight engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, and flight engineer Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft on Wednesday, June 6.
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Russian Orthodox Priest Father Sergei blesses the Soyuz rocket and members of the media at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 61 crew members Jessica Meir of NASA and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates will launch September 25th on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station.
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Good Friday. Stations Of The Cross. Paris Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois. Paris. France.
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Alpenhorn playing during an advent choral concert in St Anns Basilica, Altoetting, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe
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An Orthodox priest is seen after he blessed the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch pad on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for October 23 and will send Expedition 33/34 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of ROSCOSMOS on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station.
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken visits the Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine to the Holy Family with Archbishop Borys Gudziak and Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 2022.
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Montserrat, camarín de la Virgen "La Moreneta"
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Seville, 01/10/2020. The mayor, Juan Espada, the rector of the University, Miguel Ángel Castro and the rector of the UPO, Vicente Guzmán, attend the City Council's awards ceremony for the Best University Academic Records. Photo: Rocío Ruz. ARCHSEV.
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Russian Orthodox Priest Father Sergei blesses the Soyuz rocket and members of the media at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 61 crew members Jessica Meir of NASA and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates will launch September 25th on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station.
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221030-N-VQ841-1241 PUERTO BARRIOS, Guatemala (Oct. 30, 2022) Catholic priests from Guatemala lead Sunday Mass in the chapel aboard hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), Oct. 30, 2022. Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.
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Vatican City. St. Peter's Basilica, Palm Sunday celebration, mask protection to avoid contracting COVID-19 virus
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Mass in Saint Peters catholic church, Kibuye/Karongi, Rwanda.
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Wolfgang Gerlich katholischer Diakon vom Bistum Magdeburg bei einer Veranstaltung am Mahnmal Magda am 27.01.2025 in Magdeburg *** Wolfgang Gerlich Catholic Deacon from Diocese Magdeburg at a Event on Memorial Magda on 27 01 2025 in Magdeburg 1089915599