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The essential elements of the public worship of the Catholic Church, in the Sacrifice of the Eucharist and the administration of the sacraments, are the same in all Catholic rites. What is called the "Mass" in the West is called "Divine Liturgy" in the Eastern Churches....
Forchheim is a town in Upper Franconia (German: Oberfranken) in northern Bavaria, and also the seat of the administrative district of Forchheim. Forchheim is a former royal city, and is sometimes called the Gateway to the Franconian Switzerland, referring to the region of outstanding natural beauty to the north east...
St. Nikolaus is the oldest Catholic church in the city of Kiel. It is a provost church. After the first Catholic congregation after the Reformation had formed in Kiel as early as 1794–1798 , the French migrant priest Abbé Dupé held the first Catholic services from 1798 onwards. After a...
Arendal is a municipality in Agder county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the region of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Arendal (which is also the seat of Agder county). The 270-square-kilometre (100 sq mi) municipality is the 273rd largest by area out of...
Catholic Church of the abandoned village Kelča, which is in Eastern Slovakia. The Slovak constitution guarantees freedom of religion. In 2011, 62.0% of Slovaks identified themselves as Roman Catholics, 5.9% as Lutherans, 1,8% as Calvinists, 3.8% as Greek Catholics, 0.9% as Orthodox, 13.4% identified...
Iphofen is a town in the district of Kitzingen in Bavaria, Germany. It has a population of around 4,500. Iphofen is known for its rare complete medieval town wall and other historic buildings as well as for being a location of wine production. Source: Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/...
A belfry (also known as a bell tower) is the upper part of the tower or steeple of a church, for the reception of the bells; or a detached tower containing bells, as the campanile of the Italians. The term is sometimes applied to the timber frame by which the...
The Roman Rite has no celebration of Mass between the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday evening and the Easter Vigil. While there is no celebration of the Eucharist, it is distributed to the faithful only in the Service of the Passion of the Lord, but can also be...
The high altar is so called from the fact that it is the chief altar in a church, and also because it is raised on an elevated plane in the sanctuary, where it may be seen simultaneously by all the faithful in the body of the church. It symbolizes Christ,...
Saarland is located in western Germany covering an area of 2,570 km2 (990 sq mi) and a population of 995,600 (2015), the smallest German state in both area and population apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg. Saarland is the most religious state in Germany. The...
Abaújszolnok is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary. Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén is an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in north-eastern Hungary (commonly called "Northern Hungary"), on the border with Slovakia (Košice Region). It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Nógrád, Heves, Hajdú-Bihar and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. The capital of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county is...
Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal (French: Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal) is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and national shrine on Mount Royal's Westmount Summit in Montreal, Quebec. It is Canada's largest church and claims to have one of the largest domes in the...
A view of St. Dominic's Cathedral After the 2018 renovation, note the new leaded stained-glass on the front. Fuzhou, alternately romanized as Foochow, is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian province, China. Along with the many counties of Ningde, those of Fuzhou are considered...
Lippoldsberg is located in Germany in the extreme north of northern Hesse in the Weser Uplands between Solling (in the north), Kiffing (ridge in the southeast), behind which the Bramwald (in the south-southeast) is, and Reinhardswald (in the southwest). It extends directly south of the Lower Saxon community of Bodenfelde...
This church is located in the North Rhine-Westpahlia region of Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia is located in Western Germany covering an area of 34,084 square kilometres (13,160 sq mi), which makes it the fourth-largest state. Apart from the city-states it is also the most densely populated German state. NRW...
St Lambert's Church (German - St. Lamberti) is a Roman Catholic church building in Münster (Westphalia) in Germany, dedicated to Lambert of Maastricht. Its present building is the most significant example of Westphalian late Gothic architecture. It lies on the north side of the Prinzipalmarkt (main market square)...
A church in Krempna, Poland, earlier it belonged to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (now Roman Catholic church). Krempna is a village in Jasło County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Krempna. It lies...
The apse of the Melkite Greek Catholic church of Saint Joseph in the village of Qana, Southern Lebanon, built in 1906. The parish belongs to the Melkite Archeparchy of Tyre. In the front centre of the picture is a statue of the Virgin "Our Lady of Cana of Galilee&...
This Greek Catholic Church was built in 1849. The church was badly damaged during battles for full control of the city between the Free Syrian Army, hardline rebel support, and Bashar Al Assad's forces during the Syrian Civil War. The bulk of the destruction was done in 2013...
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Ho Chi Minh City, commonly known by its previous name, Saigon, is the largest and most populous city in Vietnam, situated in Southern Vietnam. The three most prevalent religions in Ho Chi Minh City are Mahayana Buddhism with Taoism and Confucianism (via ancestor worship), which are often celebrated together in...
Chatswood is a major business and residential district in the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, 10 kilometers north of the Sydney central business district. It is the administrative center of the local government area of the City of Willoughby. 15% of the...
Lindfield is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 13 kilometres north-west of the Sydney Central Business District and is in the local government area of Ku-ring-gai Council. East Lindfield is a separate suburb, although they share the...
