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Worship and Church Gatherings

Photographs capturing communal worship in different settings, including stained glass churches, public applause, and attendance at religious services.

Mass in Saint_Eustache church, Paris, France, Europe

Istanbul, Turkey. The Blue Mosque. Ritual washing before prayer.

220407-N-BB298-1015 Naval Medical Center Portsmouths (NMCP) Diversity Committee hosted a Holocaust Remembrance ceremony in the commands Chapel of Comfort, April 7. The display of Holocaust memorabilia included literature and poems, along with viewing a video about the Holocaust.

Minister blessing a gay couple while performing their wedding ceremony.

Germany, Berlin, 16, 11.1992, ecumenical procession, in St. Sophia Church, with foreigners and refugees, song

the deceased laying in a coffin at his funeral with bags of money surrounding him

Ba Vang buddhist temple. Nuns at religious rituals. Buddhist ceremony Uong Bi. Vietnam.

SPAIN - Campo de Hellín (district) - Castille - La Mancha - ALBACETE. Hellín; "tamborada" (big drum procession) at the Holy Week / Semana Santa

Cross at World Trade Towers Memorial Site for September 11, 2001, New York City, NY

The new bronze bells are displayed in the nave during a ceremony of blessing on the 850th anniversary, Notre Dame de Paris, Paris, France, Europe

Thien Quang Co Tu buddhist temple. Buddhist monastic robes for women. Tan Chau. Vietnam.

Dargavs is the city of the dead. Medieval necropolis in the Caucasus Mountains. North Ossetia

Secretary Gale Norton, far left, touring Old North Church in Boston with Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, second from right, and other officials, during visit to the city to announce a Save America's Treasures Historic Preservation grant for the Church

Leonhardskirche. European Youth meeting of Taize in Basel. Silence. Switzerland.

Pilgrimage Virgen de la Fuensanta, Music band, Corcoya, Seville-province, Region of Andalusia, Spain, Europe.

Morocco, Fes. Two dervishes wearing the traditional 'tombstone' hats, wait to perform during the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music.

Choir and congregation of Northern California church. (MR)

Istanbul, Turkey. Whirling Dervishes

Temple de l'Etoile. ©Pascal Deloche/GODONG Religious music. Organist playing the organ in a Protestant church. Detail on the hands. Paris. France.

Club night shift in Freiberg at the Nikolaikirche concert and conference hall

Hurricane Ike, Houston, TX, September 29, 2008 FEMA Individual Assistance Specialist Kim Cuc Pham translates for Vietnamese victims of Hurricane Ike at the FEMA Disaster Recovery Center at Our Lady of of Lavang Catholic Church. This is one of the DRCs FEMA has placed in ethnic neighborhoods in Harris County.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Cantor of St. Thomas Church, Leipzig, Germany Georg Christoph Biller conducts famed Boys Choir in concert during 800th Anniversary celebrations in the church sanctuary before and overflow audience.

Pilgrims at World Youth Day . Madrid. Spain.

Mass tribute Sant Honorat, patron saint of the town, cossiers dancing, Majorcan folk dancing, Algaida, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Altar in Chapel of the First World War One Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France, Europe

(R) Latin America / Honduras circa 1987 - La Danta Church members worshipping in Honduras.

Moment of reverence in front of the eternal flame at the center of the twelve granite slabs of the Armenian Genocide memorial complex on the hill of Tsitsernakaberd at Yerevan, Armenia, Eurasia

Three-dimensional letters form the text depicted, the left behind is a wax image of Ali B.; Exhibition Held in the Nieuwe Kerk.

Yoido Full Gospel Church, the largest mega church in the world, South Korea, Asia

Copenhagen, Denmark June 13, 2025 A sign at the St Alban's Anglican Church in the Langelinie park says Visitors Welcome in English.

Merciful Jesus icon on scores the Merciful Jesus icon on scores while pianist is playing the piano: italian sentence written on the bottom means Jesus I trust in You Copyright: xZoonar.com/GoneWithTheWindx 8888225

Italy, Milan, Shelter for refugees at the Holocaust Memorial. Shoah Memorial

Sacred Heart Cathedral Church has remained closed as most of the religious places as India eases lockdown restrictions that were imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the old quarters of Delhi, India, June 8, 2020. (Photo by: Majority World/Kuldeep Singh Rohilla/UIG)

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Pohnpei Island, of the Federated States of Micronesia

World Youth Day 2023 in Portugal. Gathering of the French. Lisbon. Portugal.

St Joseph church. Pipe organ. Man playing on the keyboard. Geneva. Switzerland.

St Thomas Choir

Fort Myers, FL, USA--10/30/22--A FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance team member talks to parishioners at Jesus the Worker Catholic Church after mass on Sunday.Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Germany, Berlin, 03.12.1992, 500 Father Christmases and 90 angels, meeting in the maths building of the TU (TUSMA mediation), angels and Father Christmas, angels in prayer

Traditional Hueter festival in Perchtoldsdorf, Austria, Lower Austria, Vienna area, Perchtoldsdorf

Vivaldi Concert in church

Minister and Gospel Choir

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

young woman praying in a church. peace and prayer

The Washington National Cathedral Choir performs a choral performance of Apollo 8's Christmas Eve broadcast 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.

A choir

Fort Myers, FL, USA--10/30/22--FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance teams talk to parishioners at Jesus the Worker Catholic Church after mass on Sunday.Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

An organ in a churh, Sweden.

CZECH REPUBLIC PRAGUE.

Buddhist master Thich Nhat Han leading a meditation La Défense. France.

Gospel Choir and Minister

Children join in song and dancing during Vacation Bible School, Aug. 12, at Four Chaplains Memorial Chapel. The theme of the weeklong event was Monumental. (Photo by Stacey Yun)

St Thomas Choir

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.

Irene Weiss lights a candle while other Survivors of Religious Persecution look on during a tour of the Permanent Exhibition at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., on July 15, 2019.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Singer Buffy Sainte-Marie sings during a pre-launch Native American ceremony in the Rocket Garden of the KSC Visitor Complex. She herself is a Cree. The ceremony was part of several days' activities commemorating John B. Herrington as the first tribally enrolled Native American astronaut to fly on a Shuttle mission. Herrington is a Mission Specialist on STS-113.

The Monasteries Cafe in Dunggon Samten Choling Gompa in Ghum near Darjeeling.

African-American youth choir, Washington D.C.

Department wide Interfaith Memorial Service in Dean Acheson Auditorium Select Images

Events marking designation of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, key meeting place during civil rights movement and site of 1963 bombing, as National Historic Landmark

Bethlehem Christmas procession at Manger Square

USA, California, Los Angeles, Interior view of Crystal Cathedral on Memorial Day with people sittting in stands surrounding the American flag.

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.

Participants network at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. on July 17, 2019.

Holy Cross Dedication.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Tibetan Monks with horns at Amitabha Empowerment Buddhist Ceremony, Meditation Mount in Ojai, CA

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.

Man Praying In The Church Of The Virgin Mary Or Hanging Church, Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt

St Thomas Choir

People after the Friday prayer in front of the Ditib-Merkez Mosque, biggest mosque in Germany, Duisburg-Marxloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Men making music, worship service, Catedral Evangelica de Chile, Pentecostal Church, Santiago de Chile, Chile, South America

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti (April. 14, 2022) French Iman Karim Loukia explains the significance of an iftar meal during a dinner held on Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti during Ramadan sponsored by the camps Wardroom, Chief Petty Officers Association and the Friends of Africa Volunteers.

Italy, Milan Cathedral, Italian Gospel Choir, 500 choristers in the churchyard

Vintage photograph. Three altar boys singing while holding sheet music

Maria Arnal, Mil Sibil·les Consolació, Sant Joan, Mallorca.

Santa Lucia celebration in December, Sweden

Concha Buika, Íntima, Consolació, Sant Joan, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Gospel choir, worship service, Catedral Evangelica de Chile, Pentecostal Church, Santiago de Chile, Chile, South America

Cantor of St. Thomas Church, Leipzig, Germany Georg Christoph Biller conducts famed Boys Choir in concert during 800th Anniversary celebrations in the church sanctuary before and overflow audience.

Women Worshipping

Choir in San Filippo Neri church, Turin, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

KASHMIRI WOMEN at a traditional Muslim WEDDING on DAL LAKE in SRINIGAR - KASHMIR, INDIA

Shuaib Aftab Qawwal, Qawwali sufi music concert, Toni Catany foundation, Llucmajor, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Maria Arnal, Mil Sibil·les Consolació, Sant Joan, Mallorca.

Detroit, Michigan, Free food is distributed to people attending a community health fair

Azerbaijan, Near Baku, Atashgah Temple (Zoroastrian Temple), Traditional musicians

CH (Capt.) Christie Torres gave the invocation during Easter Sunrise Service on April 17, 2022, at Liberty Chapel, Fort Campbell, Ky.

Karen children play gospel during the Sunday service at a Baptist church near Mae Sot, Thailand

Xant de Cabrota Xant de Cabrota, Consolation sanctuary, Alqueria Blanca, Santanyí,Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21925637

Concha Buika, Íntima, Consolació, Sant Joan, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Concha Buika, Íntima, Consolació, Sant Joan, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Laura LaMontagne and Pico Amperio, Sanctuary of Consolation, Sant Joan, Mallorca, Spain.

Childrens Choir singing during an advent choral concert in St Anns Basilica, Altoetting, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Medieval Church Music

Maria Arnal, Mil Sibil·les Consolació, Sant Joan, Mallorca.

Maria Arnal, Mil Sibil·les Consolació, Sant Joan, Mallorca.

Sunday school youth join in worship in the main sanctuary of a California church during the Christmas Advent season. (MR)

Louisiana, New Orleans, Jazz musician in front of St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square.

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