Religious Gatherings and Services

Various religious gatherings, focused on communal worship, ceremonial practices, and the spiritual significance of rituals, captured in church environments.

Catholic mass. The decisive call for catechumens. This important Lenten ritual is for catechumens preparing for full initiation. Baptism, Confirmation, and First Communion. Saint Pierre et Paul church. Saint Julien en Genevois. France.

Catholic mass. The decisive call for catechumens. This important Lenten ritual is for catechumens preparing for full initiation. Baptism, Confirmation, and First Communion. Saint Pierre et Paul church. Saint Julien en Genevois. France.

Sgt. Antoinette Wolliston with the Fort McCoy Religious Support Office provided narration during the 2022 Memorial Day Prayer Luncheon on May 26, 2022, at McCoys Community Center at Fort McCoy, Wis. Reverend Laurie Graber and her husband Tom Graber gave a presentation as guest speakers for the event. Both Grabers discussed their ministry and the importance of Memorial Day. Were several participants in the luncheon that included special guest speakers, special prayers provided by clergy, and music to honor fallen veterans for Memorial Day. Nearly three dozen community members attended the event that also included a free lunch. The event was organized by the Fort McCoy Religious Support Office.

Saint Maurtice church. Holy Thursday. Chrism Mass. Holy oils used in the sacraments. Sacred Chrism, the Oil of the Sick and the Oil of Catechumens. Boege. France.

Chaplain (Lieutenant Commander) Dave Belt speaks during a Protestant worship service being held in the forecastle of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) during FLEET EX '90. Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EX '90 Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

U.S. Air Force Capt. Phillip ONeill, 51st Fighter Wing chaplain, leads Sunday Mass at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 15, 2023. Chaplains are bound to an unbreakable 100 percent confidentially. They cannot disclose what a service member or family shares in confidence.

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.

Vatican, Vatican. 25th July, 2022. Canada, Edmonton, 2022/07/25 Pope Francis arrives at the Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples to meet with members of the Indigenous community in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Photograph by Vatican Mediia/Catholic Press Photo. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. Credit: Independent Photo Agency/Alamy Live News

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Mass in Saint-Eustache church Paris. France.

Department wide Interfaith Memorial Service in Dean Acheson Auditorium

Retirment home. Sunday catholic mass in the chapel.

SEA OF JAPAN (April 14, 2022) Lt. Cmdr. Jason DiPinto, from New Haven, Conn., offers communion during a Maundy Thursday Protestant Worship service in the chapel aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability through alliances and partnerships while serving as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

Living Legacy Awards event, recognizing contributions to Native American arts promotion, at Department of Interior headquarters, Washington, D.C.

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.

U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales with Reverend Arthur Price, Jr., Pastor of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, and Secretary Gale Norton, left to right at back of table, meeting with dignitaries assembled for ceremonies designating the Church as a National Historic Landmark

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Touro Synagogue, Newport, Rhode Island, for the announcement of a Save America's Treasures program grant for the preservation of the Synagogue, the nation's oldest

Seville, 06/15/2021. Meeting of Archbishop José Ángel Saiz Meneses with the media. Photo: Manuel Gómez. ARCHSEV.

Jewish men in traditional clothing reading religious text

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Friday prayer in Bolo Haouz mosque, Bukhara, Uzbekistan

110915-N-MH885-030 YOKOSUKA, Japan (Sept. 15, 2011) Bishop Richard Spencer, a senior cleric of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, delivers a sermon to Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during a Roman Catholic Mass. George Washington is the U.S. NavyÕs only forward-deployed aircraft carrier and is the flagship of Commander, Task Force 70.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Quanika Bynum, 92nd Air Refueling Wing chaplain, gives closing remarks to the attendants of the Holocaust remembrance and education ceremony in the base chapel at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, April 28, 2022. Although the majority of deaths from the Holocaust happened in 1941-1945, the persecution of Jews by the Nazi regime started in 1933.

Tibetan Buddhist monks performing morning puja prayer ritual in the monastery at Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal; Kathmandu, Kathmandu, Nepal

June 6, 2015 "The President hugs Vice President Joe Biden after delivering a eulogy during the funeral mass for Beau Biden at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del."

Madrid. 04/28/2014. Search for the mortal remains of Cervantes in the Trinitarias church with the help of a georadar Photo Isabel Permuy ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, watched by Governor of Sokoto Aminu Waziri Tambuwai, delivers a speech about countering violent extremism and promoting good governance following a meeting with the Governor, Sultan Muhammadu Sa�ad Abubakar, and religious leaders at the Sultan�s Palace in Sokoto, Nigeria, on August 23, 2016.

The IMCOM-P command team speaks to the U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys civilian workforce about career progression and organizational objectives at Four Chaplains Memorial Chapel on Oct. 25, 2022. After the briefing, attendees were allowed to participate in a question-and-answer session.

Fort McCoy community member and pianist Michelle Jones plays a music selection during the 2022 Memorial Day Prayer Luncheon on May 26, 2022, at McCoys Community Center at Fort McCoy, Wis. Reverend Laurie Graber and her husband Tom Graber gave a presentation as guest speakers for the event. Both Grabers discussed their ministry and the importance of Memorial Day. Were several participants in the luncheon that included special guest speakers, special prayers provided by clergy, and music to honor fallen veterans for Memorial Day. Nearly three dozen community members attended the event that also included a free lunch. The event was organized by the Fort McCoy Religious Support Office.

COMUNIDAD BENEDICTINA CANTANDO VISPERAS EN EL CORO DE LA BASILICA DE MONTSERRAT. Location: MONASTERIO DE SANTA MARIA DE MONTSERRAT. MONTSERRAT. Barcelona. SPAIN.

120203-N-RG587-026ARABIAN SEA (Feb. 3, 2012) Cmdr. Keith Shuley, chaplain aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), leads Roman Catholic Mass in the shipÕs chapel. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Mass in a roman catholic church. Church full of parishioners. Saint Jean Baptiste church. Megeve.France.

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Ceremony 20th anniversary of the consecration of the New Synagogue Dresden Speaker Herbert Wagner, former mayor of Dresden

Girl, teenager, praying in a church, Menton, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France, Europe

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine speaks during the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Spirit of Apollo event commemorating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 8, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018 at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC. Apollo 8 was humanity's first journey to another world, taking astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders to the Moon and back in December of 1968.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo visits the Neue Synagogue, in Berlin, Germany on November 8, 2019.

Anefo photo collection. Mgr. Don Hélder Cmara Archbishop of Olinda and Rezife in Brazil, gets honorary doctorate in theology in Leuven, Belgium: Hélder Cmara. May 21, 1970. Belgium, Leuven

Reverend Laurie Graber and her husband Tom Graber give a presentation May 26, 2022, during the 2022 Memorial Day Prayer Luncheon at Fort McCoy, Wis. Both Grabers discussed their ministry and the importance of Memorial Day. The Grabers were among several participants in the luncheon that included special guest speakers, special prayers provided by other clergy, and music to honor fallen veterans for Memorial Day. Nearly three dozen community members attended the event that also included a free lunch. The event was organized by the Fort McCoy Religious Support Office.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Alexis Herman at National Cathedral, Washington, DC

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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Three Affiliated Tribes Chairman, Mark Fox explains the significance of the traditional quilt to Maj Gen. Micheal Lutton, Twentieth Air Force commander at Fort Berthold Reservation in New Town, N.D. July 19, 2022. The gesture is a tradition to show appreciation of the goodwill between each party.

Tu An Buddhist temple. Monk at buddhist ceremony. Buddhist brass bell. France.

The minister meets the congregation at the Methodist Church in Macon Georgia

Police Chaplain Jef Skinner says a special prayer for police and firefighters during the 2022 Memorial Day Prayer Luncheon on May 26, 2022, at McCoys Community Center at Fort McCoy, Wis. Reverend Laurie Graber and her husband Tom Graber gave a presentation as guest speakers for the event. Both Grabers discussed their ministry and the importance of Memorial Day. Were several participants in the luncheon that included special guest speakers, special prayers provided by clergy, and music to honor fallen veterans for Memorial Day. Nearly three dozen community members attended the event that also included a free lunch. The event was organized by the Fort McCoy Religious Support Office.

During the Norwegian Exchange at Camp Ripley, Norwegian and American service members joined together for a joint chapel service, March 30, 2022. The Exchange is the longest-running military exchange and began with a handshake nearly 49 years ago. (Minnesota National Guard Photo by Sgt. Mahsima Alkamooneh)

Saint Maurtice church. Holy Thursday. Chrism Mass. Faithful attending mass. Boege. France.

Edmonton, Canada, 26 July, 2022. Pope Francis meeting with indigenous peoples and parishioners of the Church of the Sacred Heart during his apostolic visit to Canada. (Photo by Vatican Media). Credit: Vatican Media/Picciarella/Alamy Live News

STEVE CASH LIGHTS CANDLES IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN PURSUIT OF SPACE EXPLORATION.

Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy speaking at Touro Synagogue, Newport, Rhode Island, announcing a Save America's Treasures program grant for the preservation of the Synagogue, the nation's oldest

Iraq immigrant applauding with 76 new American citizens at Independence Day Naturalization Ceremony on July 4, 2005 at Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia, on the anniversary of Jefferson's death day and the signing of the Declaration of Independence

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

Reverend Laurie Graber and her husband Tom Graber give a presentation May 26, 2022, during the 2022 Memorial Day Prayer Luncheon at Fort McCoy, Wis. Both Grabers discussed their ministry and the importance of Memorial Day. The Grabers were among several participants in the luncheon that included special guest speakers, special prayers provided by other clergy, and music to honor fallen veterans for Memorial Day. Nearly three dozen community members attended the event that also included a free lunch. The event was organized by the Fort McCoy Religious Support Office.

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

Secretary Gale Norton at Touro Synagogue, Newport, Rhode Island, greeting attendees for event featuring announcement of a Save America's Treasures program grant for the preservation of the Synagogue, the nation's oldest

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao visits the Southeast Tabernacle Baptist Church in Southeat Washington, DC for Public / Private Ventures Mentoring Event

Living Legacy Awards event, recognizing contributions to Native American arts promotion, at Department of Interior headquarters, Washington, D.C.

Summer Internship for 2008 closing ceremony The reaper of Ames unfolds into the kindly sheppard Pete Worden Center Director to bid a farewell to the class of 2008 and send them off with some wise words.

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Reverend Arthur Price, Jr., Pastor of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, with Secretary Gale Norton and U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, left to right, at events marking the designation of the Church as a National Historic Landmark

Tulalip Tribal member Patti Gobin of the host committee welcomes visitors with an introduction to Coast Salish culture during an afternoon event held in the Tulalip Tribes new longhouse located at the Hibulb Cultural Center. Marysville, WA.

Lisa Castleberry prays during her retirement ceremony at Camp Lejeune, NC., June 24, 2022. Castleberry has served as the Deployment Readiness Coordinator with the 26th MEU for 12 years as a trusted advisor to a number of commanders and sergeants major, joining her today in-person and from afar to celebrate her lasting legacy.

Recruits take the Naturalization Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America during a naturalization ceremony inside the Recruit Memorial Chapel at Recruit Training Command (RTC). More than 40,000 recruits train annually at the Navy's only boot camp.

Police Chaplain Jef Skinner says a special prayer for police and firefighters during the 2022 Memorial Day Prayer Luncheon on May 26, 2022, at McCoys Community Center at Fort McCoy, Wis. Reverend Laurie Graber and her husband Tom Graber gave a presentation as guest speakers for the event. Both Grabers discussed their ministry and the importance of Memorial Day. Were several participants in the luncheon that included special guest speakers, special prayers provided by clergy, and music to honor fallen veterans for Memorial Day. Nearly three dozen community members attended the event that also included a free lunch. The event was organized by the Fort McCoy Religious Support Office.

National People's Congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.

Awards decorate a table during a memorial service for Pvt. Andrew J. Ladner at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Long Beach, Mississippi, April 9, 2022. Ladner, 30, of Harrison County, Mississippi, was listed as killed in action, but his remains were not accounted for until accounted for on July 9, 2021 in New Guinea.

Guests partake in a moment of silence at a Gold Star event at MacDill Air Force, Florida, Sept. 25, 2022. The Gold Star symbol is a historic recognition dating back to 1917. The event honored those who paid the ultimate price for their nation.

Reverend Laurie Graber and her husband Tom Graber give a presentation May 26, 2022, during the 2022 Memorial Day Prayer Luncheon at Fort McCoy, Wis. Both Grabers discussed their ministry and the importance of Memorial Day. The Grabers were among several participants in the luncheon that included special guest speakers, special prayers provided by other clergy, and music to honor fallen veterans for Memorial Day. Nearly three dozen community members attended the event that also included a free lunch. The event was organized by the Fort McCoy Religious Support Office.

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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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at ceremony, at Old North Church in Boston, Massachusetts, marking the announcement of a Save America's Treasures Historic Preservation grant for the Church

Police Chaplain Jef Skinner says a special prayer for police and firefighters during the 2022 Memorial Day Prayer Luncheon on May 26, 2022, at McCoys Community Center at Fort McCoy, Wis. Reverend Laurie Graber and her husband Tom Graber gave a presentation as guest speakers for the event. Both Grabers discussed their ministry and the importance of Memorial Day. Were several participants in the luncheon that included special guest speakers, special prayers provided by clergy, and music to honor fallen veterans for Memorial Day. Nearly three dozen community members attended the event that also included a free lunch. The event was organized by the Fort McCoy Religious Support Office.

An attendee of the Malmstrom Air Force Bases Holocaust memorial event observes a depiction of various memorials of Holocaust Remembrance from around the world during, Jan. 26, 2023. Malmstrom Air Force Base held an event commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day, featuring a virtual tour of the New York Holocaust Museum. Holocaust Remembrance Day is a day to honor the six-million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism and to develop educational programs to help prevent future genocides.

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.

Kensington, Maryland A display at the Mormon Temple, or the Washington D.C. Temple and a visitor reflected in a mirror

TURISTAS EN EL TEMPLO DE KEFREN - IMPERIO ANTIGUO - IV DINASTIA - HACIA EL 2550 AC - FOTO AÑOS 70. Location: TEMPLO DE KEFREN. Giza. EGYPT.

RADM Alan Reyes, Deputy Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command, provides some remarks as the keynote speaker during an unveiling and dedication of a Virginia Historical Marker honoring Filipino Sailors in the U.S. Navy on May 28, 2022. The event occurred at the Philippine Cultural Center of Virginia in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Ceremony, attended by Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, third from left behind podium, and Secretary Gale Norton, fourth left behind podium, at Old North Church in Boston, marking the announcement of a Save America's Treasures Historic Preservation grant for the Church. At the podium is the Vicar of Old North, Reverend Stephen Ayres, who also led Norton, Romney on a Church tour

Guests gather near the Space Mirror Memorial at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. The names of fallen astronauts from Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia, as well as the astronauts who perished in training and commercial airplane accidents are emblazoned on the monument. During the annual Day of Remembrance, spaceport employees and guests join others throughout NASA honoring the contributions of astronauts who have perished in the conquest of space.

Fort McCoy Garrison Chaplain (Maj.) Robert Rand provides the benediction during the 2022 Memorial Day Prayer Luncheon on May 26, 2022, at McCoys Community Center at Fort McCoy, Wis. Reverend Laurie Graber and her husband Tom Graber gave a presentation as guest speakers for the event. Both Grabers discussed their ministry and the importance of Memorial Day. Were several participants in the luncheon that included special guest speakers, special prayers provided by clergy, and music to honor fallen veterans for Memorial Day. Nearly three dozen community members attended the event that also included a free lunch. The event was organized by the Fort McCoy Religious Support Office.

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Jewish woman wearing a taleth and reading prayers in a Paris synagogue, France

Reverend Laurie Graber and her husband Tom Graber give a presentation May 26, 2022, during the 2022 Memorial Day Prayer Luncheon at Fort McCoy, Wis. Both Grabers discussed their ministry and the importance of Memorial Day. The Grabers were among several participants in the luncheon that included special guest speakers, special prayers provided by other clergy, and music to honor fallen veterans for Memorial Day. Nearly three dozen community members attended the event that also included a free lunch. The event was organized by the Fort McCoy Religious Support Office.

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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Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Saipan Island, of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

04/27/1997. Visit of the Kings to the monastery of San Juan de la Peña (Huesca).

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Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kemmpthorne and aides to American Samoa, U.S. Territory

Wearing a white robe known as a Kittel, Dr. Christopher Govekar, command executive officer, 75th Innovation Command, breaks a loaf of Challah during a Rosh Hashanah celebration conducted Sept. 26, 2022, at the 75th IC's headquarters in Joint Base Ellington Field in Houston, Texas. Challah is a rich, eggy bread served with honey and sugar during Rosh Hashanah, one of the holiest days in Judaism. Meaning head of the year or first of the year, the festival begins on the first day of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar, which falls during September or October. Rosh Hashanah commemorates the creation of the world and marks the beginning of the Days of Awe, a 10-day period of introspection and repentance that culminates in the Yom Kippur holiday, also known as the Day of Atonement.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo visits the Neue Synagogue, in Berlin, Germany on November 8, 2019.

The Death of Pope John Paul II

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Alexis Herman at National Cathedral, Washington, DC

Native American ministers, of the Williamson River Indian Church, are dressed in traditional regalia and give service to the Klamath Tribe in Oregon

Reverend Laurie Graber and her husband Tom Graber give a presentation May 26, 2022, during the 2022 Memorial Day Prayer Luncheon at Fort McCoy, Wis. Both Grabers discussed their ministry and the importance of Memorial Day. The Grabers were among several participants in the luncheon that included special guest speakers, special prayers provided by other clergy, and music to honor fallen veterans for Memorial Day. Nearly three dozen community members attended the event that also included a free lunch. The event was organized by the Fort McCoy Religious Support Office.

Easter Week Celebration - Maundy Thursday Paris. France.

Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt receives the traditional blessing at the Cosmonaut Hotel on the morning of his Soyuz launch with Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi to the International Space Station on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (

Usa, Minnesota, St Paul, Minister Performing Naming Ceremony For Children In The Sanctuary Of Unity Church Unitarian.

Chaplain (Captain) Brian D. Talcott, a Christian Scientist, conducts a service at the base chapel. Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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