Religious Services and Gatherings

Images depicting various religious services, including sermons, congregational gatherings, and community events in diverse settings, showcasing solemnity and community spirit.

Mass in Carmel du Reposoir monastery, Le Reposoir, Haute_Savoie, France, Europe

A chaplain speaks from the pulpit during Easter Sunday services at the North Chapel. Base: Naval Amphib Base, Little Creek State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Mass in Carmel du Reposoir monastery, Le Reposoir, Haute_Savoie, France, Europe

SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 9, 2022) - Capt. Daniel L. Mode, a naval chaplain assigned to the Coast Guard, gives a sermon during a Blessing of the Fleet Interfaith Service at Presidio Chapel as a part of San Francisco Fleet Week 2022, Oct. 9, 2022. SFFW is an opportunity for the American public to meet their Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard teams and experience Americas sea services. During fleet week, service members participate in various community service events, showcase capabilities and equipment to the community, and enjoy the hospitality of the city and its surrounding areas.

Family and friends attend 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.

Severe Storms and Tornadoes, Earlington, Ky, December 11, 2005 - FEMA representatives Kristy Jackson (standing, left) and Cheryl Catchings (right) attend a Sunday service at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and explain the application process to worshippers. FEMA Community Relations and Applicant Services cadre members attended a njumber of community and church functions to inform those affected by the November 15th tornadoes in Hopkins and Marshall counties about federal and state disaster assistance programs. President Bush isued a federal disaster declaration for vthese two western Kentucky counties on December first. Win Henderson/FEMA photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Father Garry Kasule gives the invocation during Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer 1st Class Maurice I. Nwagbaras retirement ceremony on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Feb. 9, 2024. Nwagbara moved to the United States from his native village in Nigeria, and retires after more than 20 years of service. Marine Corps

Retirment home. Sunday catholic mass in the chapel.

Retirment home. Sunday catholic mass in the chapel.

230402-N-OX847-1020 IONIAN SEA (April 2, 2023) Lt. Brad Guillory, ship chaplain, assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), preaches a sermon 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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National Park Service Deputy Director, Don Murphy, at ceremonies marking the designation of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, key meeting place during the civil rights movement and site of 1963 bombing, as a National Historic Landmark

Sharing the Good News

A local German Chaplain gives an opening prayer after the candle lighting ceremony at the American Kindergraves Memorial in Kaiserslautern, Germany, May 14, 2022. The German Chaplain was joined by a U.S. Air Force Chaplain in the blessing of the graves for the memorial service in honor of the 451 infants who died shortly after birth between 1952 and 1971 and could not be taken back to the states.

Religion Architecture Art Culture History 09.11.2024 Potsdam State Capital Brandenburg Synagogen Center Potsdam Memorial event for the Reich Progrom Night 09.11.1938 Jewish community of the city of Potsdam Dr Manja Schüle Minister of Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg Potsdam Brandenurg GER

Holocaust day celebration in a synagogue . Antony. France.

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 with guidance from Lt. Cmdr. Mike Chaney, Head Chaplain for Marine Corps Base Quantico, 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.

Worth Abbey Renovation-Heatherwick Studio-2011- View Of Monks Singing , , United Kingdom, Architect Heatherwick Studio

Civilians invited to the Spirit Chapel for discussions on the Extend the Bench program engage in conversation at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, September 28, 2022. The Extend the Bench team would be a partnership with invested religious leaders from the community ready to step in to perform spiritual triage for Airmen and their families.

Woman praying in St Francis's church, Quito, Ecuador.

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.

Liz Del Valle sings during the Camp Lejeune Easter Sunrise Service in the Main Side Protestant Chapel on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 9, 2023. The Marine Corps Installations East chaplains host the annual Easter Sunrise Service for Marines, sailors and their families to celebrate the Easter holiday.

Parish choir . Paris. France. (Paris, Ile-de-France, France)

Priest holding bible behind back

Second Lieutenant Joshua L. Stahl and Colonel Stephen B. Crisman, Jewish Lay Leaders, read from the Torah in English and Hebrew during the National Prayer. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

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.

State Delegate Kelly Fowler, a Virginia Beach resident and representative for the 21st District in the Virginia House of Delegates, provides some remarks 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.

Family and friends attend 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.

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 ceremonies designating the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, key civil rights movement meeting place and site of 1963 bombing, as a National Historic Landmark

Shon T. Erwin, magistrate for Oklahomas Western District Court, administers the Oath of Allegiance to the 16 citizenship candidates in the naturalization ceremony during the opening ceremony of the International Festival in Elmer Thomas Park Sept. 23, 2022.

Bethel Apostolic Church of God in Christ Jesus, Charlestown, Nevis, Caribbean

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)

An interior view of the chapel during services. Base: Nav Sup Activity, Diego Garcia Country: British Indian Ocean Territory (IOT)

Chaplain (Maj.) Randall Jamieson, 4th Fighter Wing senior Protestant chaplain, reads the Bible in preparation for Sunday service on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., Nov. 24, 2009. The Seymour Johnson chapel is hosting a variety of holiday services and events during December. They also offer confidential counseling to those who are feeling down or homesick during the holiday season.

Guam Governor Lou Leon Guerrero (left), Guam Lieutenant Governor Josh Tenorio (second left), government officials, and members from the local community gather for the Cultural Repository Ribbon Cutting Ceremony in Mangilao, Guam, Oct. 26, 2022. As outlined in the 2011 Programmatic Agreement, the Defense Department advocated for the multi-million dollar construction of the Cultural Repository located on the University of Guam campus in Mangilao. "This is another mark of Guam to be proud of," said Leon Guerrero. "There is a home for our cultural artifacts, and there is a place where we can preserve our culture." The Guam Cultural Repository supports the curation of archaeological collections on Guam and serves as a source of information on Guam history and culture. The repository supports a critically needed curation capacity on the island and is part of several measures the DoD committed to in an effort avoid, minimize, and mitigate potential adverse cumulative effects from the relocat

Cherie Elliott (right) and her husband, U.S. Air Force Chap. (Lt. Col.) Ralph Elliott, United States Forces Korea deputy command chaplain, speak as part of a panel during Marriage Advance, July 25, at the Four Chaplains Memorial Chapel. (Photo by Monica K. Guthrie)

Secretary Gale Norton speaking at ceremonies designating the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, key civil rights movement meeting place and site of 1963 bombing, as a National Historic Landmark

U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales speaking at ceremonies designating the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, key civil rights movement meeting place and site of 1963 bombing, as a National Historic Landmark

Pigsah Baptist Church Service

Protestant temple of Etoile. Sunday worship. Paris. France.

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

Christian woman praying alone in church. Vienna. Austria.

Church service on Tubuai Island, French Polynesia.

Secretary Gale Norton speaking at ceremonies designating the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, key civil rights movement meeting place and site of 1963 bombing, as a National Historic Landmark

Rabbi Avremi Zippel, program director for Chabad Lubavitch of Utah, speaks during the Holocaust Day of Remembrance ceremony April 28, 2022, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The observance is a time to remember the victims, to remember those who risked their lives to save another human being, and to honor the survivors who lived through the horrors of the Holocaust.

Lay preachers, worship service, Catedral Evangelica de Chile, Pentecostal Church, Santiago de Chile, Chile, South America

Severe Storms and Tornadoes, Earlington, Ky, December 11, 2005 - FEMA Community Relations specialist Cheryl Catchings (standing, left) responds to a question asked by a parishoner at Pleasant Grove Baptist Churh during her visit there to inform attendees about federal disaster programs available to individuals affected by the November 15th F4 tornado thath struck the area. President Busg issued a federal disaster declaration for Hopkins and Marshall counties on December first. Win Henderson/FEMA photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Mass in a Catholic church, Paris, France, Europe

Nunavut, Canada. 29th July, 2022. Pope Francis meets with residential school alumni at Nakasuk Elementary School Square in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, on July 29, 2022. Pope Francis flew to the Canadian Arctic to meet Inuit survivors of Catholic-run schools where Indigenous children were abused over a span of decades, in the final stop of a landmark tour apologizing for the Church's role. Photo by Vatican Media /ABACAPRESS.COM Credit: Abaca Press/Alamy Live News

Novi Sad, Backa District, Vojvodina, Serbia. September 14, 2024. Church of the Holy Name of Mary in Novi Sad.

Retirment home. Sunday catholic mass in the chapel.

Woman Praying

Rabbi Avremi Zippel, program director for Chabad Lubavitch of Utah, speaks during the Holocaust Day of Remembrance ceremony April 28, 2022, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The observance is a time to remember the victims, to remember those who risked their lives to save another human being, and to honor the survivors who lived through the horrors of the Holocaust.

Usa, Minnesota, Minneapolis , Pastor Greeting The Congregation While Officiating At An Ordination In The Sanctuary Of Grace University Lutheran Church.

Detroit, Michigan, A mass at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in support of immigrants around the world. The mass was hosted by Strangers No More, an immigrant-support network in southeast Michigan, ahead of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees. Members of the Guadalupana Society held candles as the service begins

caixers mass, cast of Aigu-ros, parish church, Sant Sant Lluís festivities, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Annual Antietam National Battlefield Memorial Illumination ceremony, Sharpsburg, Maryland, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne among the participants

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.

Anefo photo collection. Answerkerk opened in Hoogvliet, two ministers at the service. October 18, 1964. Hoogvliet

Department wide Interfaith Memorial Service in Dean Acheson Auditorium Select Images

Department wide Interfaith Memorial Service in Dean Acheson Auditorium

Department wide Interfaith Memorial Service in Dean Acheson Auditorium

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

220708-N-CY569-1017 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Aug. 7, 2022) Lt. Rene Pellessier, chaplin aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), leads a Catholic Mass in the focsle, Aug. 7, 2022. The Harry S. Truman 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.

San Lazaro Catholic Church and people praying in El Rincon, Cuba

Women singing during church service, mining town of Lota, Chile, South America

New York, N.Y., Dec. 9, 2012 Local residents talk to Father Claudio Antecini, the priest at Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church, during a donation and distribution drive that he set up for Spanish-speaking members of his congregation. FEMA community relations members were onsite to help residents who have not applied for assistance and were encouraged to do so if they have not yet applied for assistance. New York, NY, Dec. 9, 2012--Local residents talk to Father Claudio Antecini, the priest at Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church, during a donation and distribution drive that he set up for Spanish-speaking members of his congregation. FEMA community relations members were onsite to help residents who have not applied for assistance and were encouraged to do so if they have not yet applied for assistance.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Covenant Marriages

Elderly lady reading bible

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.

PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 25, 2012) Lt. j.g. Yonina Creditor, from Richmond, Va., a Jewish chaplain embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), leads Sailors in prayer during a Yom Kippur service in the ships chapel. George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interest of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Asia-Pacific region.

Anefo photo collection. Baptism Prince Maurits Grote Kerk Apeldoorn; DS.dr. H. Berkhoff sermon. September 10, 1968

Bride in a lace wedding dress delivering a heartfelt speech at a podium with a microphone. panc06041 Copyright: xConnectxImagesx

Midshipmen attend a service in the United States Academy Chapel. Base: Annapolis State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Mount Rainier National Park in Washington, where he delivered the keynote address at the grand opening and dedication ceremony for the new Henry M. Jackson Memorial Visitor Center in the Paradise area of the Park. Secretary Kempthorne was joined at the event by dignitaries including: Washington Congressman Norman Dicks, chairman of the House Subcommittee on National Parks; National Park Service Pacific West Regional Director Jonathan Jarvis; Mount Rainier Superintendent Dave Uberuaga; Interior Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Kameran Onley; Nisqually tribal elder Zelma McCloud; and Peter Jackson of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation.

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.

110622-N-WE887-006WASHINGTON (June 22, 2011) Chairman of Operation Sail, Inc., Jose Fuentes addresses the audience during a ceremony announcing a partnership between the U.S. Navy and Operation Sail for the bicentennial commemoration of the War of 1812 and the writing of the Star Spangled Banner” at the Smithsonian's Museum of American History. The museum houses the Star Spangled Banner, the actual flag that inspired Francis Scott Key during the battle of Baltimore in 1814.

Funeral, sad and woman in church, mourning and praying for loss, memorial service and Christianity. Thinking, catholic and person with depression for grief, ceremony and ritual for honor the dead

Secretary Gale Norton speaking at ceremonies designating the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, key civil rights movement meeting place and site of 1963 bombing, as a National Historic Landmark

Religious class at Saint Philippe du Roule catholic church, Paris, France

Ali Abu Shwaima, Imam Segrate mosque, Muslim prayer on Friday at PalaSharp, Milan, Italy, 2010

Office of the Administrator - Standing Rock Sioux Tribe - Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation at Fort Yates, ND , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Navy Capt. James Peugh, Marine Corps Installations East (MCIEAST-MCB) Command Chaplain, speaks during the Camp Lejeune Easter Sunrise Service in the main side Protestant Chapel on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 9, 2023. The MCIEAST-MCB chaplains host the annual Easter Sunrise Service for Marines, sailors and their families to celebrate the Easter holiday.

86th Airlift Wing Catholic Chaplain, Father Thomas Doyle, in vestments, with lay people assisting, as part of the Eucharist, presents the "individual hosts" to members of the Kaiserslautern Military Community attending service at the Northside Chapel. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

YOKOHAMA, Japan (Feb. 14, 2023)Family members of POW service veterans pray during a war memorial ceremony for the Japanese/POW(s) Friendship Program, Feb. 14, at Yokohama Commonwealth War Cemetery. The cemetery includes a large urn containing the ashes of 335 Sailors, Soldiers, and Airmen from the United States, the British Commonwealth, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands who died as POWs in Japan. The ceremony is sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Commander, Navy Region Japan, bringing families of U.S. prisoners of war to Japan for a week-long reconciliation tour.

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.

Mass in Saint Peter's catholic church, La Vieille Lyre, Eure, France

Attendees of a Cultural Religious Leader Engagement event listen to a brief by Col. Christopher LaPack, Pacific Air Forces command chaplain, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 12, 2022. Chaplain LaPack not only briefed on the role of spirituality as part of comprehensive Airman fitness, but the partnerships the PACAF chaplain team has with countries throughout the Indo-Pacific.

230406-N-EJ241-1003DIEGO GARCIA, British Indian Ocean Territory - Service members and installation personnel attend a religious service in Diego Garcia April 6, 2023. NSF Diego Garcia's mission is to provide critical support to U.S. and allied forces forward deployed to the Indian Ocean, while supporting multi-theater forces operating in the CENTCOM, AFRICOM, EUCOM, and PACOM areas of responsibilities in support of overseas contingency operations.

U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, far left, with Secretary Gale Norton and Arthur Price, Jr., Pastor of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, at ceremonies designating the Church, key civil rights movement meeting place and site of 1963 bombing, as National Historic Landmark

Church members worship at a Sunday morning service.

Gospel Choir

The 22 candidates take the Oath of Allegiance during the naturalization ceremony on June 29, 2022, in the Tower View Conference Center.

Covenant Marriages

Secretary Gale Norton speaking at ceremony at the Pentagon, marking the bestowal of Liberty and Freedom totem poles, from the Lummi Nation, dedicated to the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the Pentagon

Nunavut, Canada. 29th July, 2022. Pope Francis meet with residential school alumni at Nakasuk Elementary School Square in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, on July 29, 2022. Pope Francis flew to the Canadian Arctic to meet Inuit survivors of Catholic-run schools where Indigenous children were abused over a span of decades, in the final stop of a landmark tour apologizing for the Church's role. Photo by Vatican Media /ABACAPRESS.COM Credit: Abaca Press/Alamy Live News

The Last Supper was re-enacted during the 48th Annual Via Crucis, Living Way of the Cross, held on Good Friday, in Chicago's Pilsen neighbourhood. This powerful reenactment of the 14 Stations of the Cross draws thousands each year to the heart of Pilsen. Chicago, USA.

Vintage Photograph. Family in Church Singing.

Department wide Interfaith Memorial Service in Dean Acheson Auditorium

Detroit, Michigan USA, 15 January 2024, Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers union, was a featured speaker at the Martin Luther King Day rally ""for jobs, peace and justice"" at St. Matthew's & St. Joseph's Episcopal Church.

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