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Our Lady of the Rosary was founded by a few families in the 1950’s, and is therefore one of the oldest Catholic parishes in upstate South Carolina. The founding families built a school and a simple building for worship. Over fifty years later they built a new church for the worthy worship of God.
Raphael (God has healed) is an archangel mentioned in the Book of Tobit and in 1 Enoch, both dating from the last few centuries before Christ. In later Jewish tradition, he became identified as one of the three heavenly visitors entertained by Abraham at the Oak of Mamre.
The annual May procession by Knights Templars is one of the highlights of the year in this town in Murcia, in southern Spain.
A chalice veil is a square piece of fabric made of the same material and color as the priest's vestments. It is used to cover the chalice and paren while they sit upon the altar prior to the Canon and after the ablutions. A burse is a special cover for carrying the corporal.
Our Lady of the Rosary was founded by a few families in the 1950’s, and is therefore one of the oldest Catholic parishes in upstate South Carolina. The founding families built a school and a simple building for worship. Over fifty years later they built a new church for the worthy worship of God.
Our Lady of the Rosary was founded by a few families in the 1950’s, and is therefore one of the oldest Catholic parishes in upstate South Carolina. The founding families built a school and a simple building for worship. Over fifty years later they built a new church for the worthy worship of God.
The Chrism Mass is a religious service held in Roman Catholicism, Lutheranism, and Anglicanism. The Chrism Mass is one of the most solemn and important liturgies of the Church year. Holy Thursday is the usual day in which this mass is celebrated in a diocese or archdiocese.
Longinus (/ˌlɒnˈdʒaɪnəs/) is the name given to the unnamed Roman soldier who pierced the side of Jesus with a lance and who in medieval and some modern Christian traditions is described as a convert to Christianity. His name first appeared in the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus.
The Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal is an important place of prayer and pilgrimage that draws believers from all over the world who wish to prayerfully reflect and ask the Virgin Mary’s protection. The chapel was built in 1815 and was dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
This small-scale Byzantine icon depicts a half-length figure of the Virgin holding the Christ child. When the icon was mounted in its present frame by a German artist in the 14th century, it was considered to be an authentic portrait painted by Saint Luke.
Elaborately carved from a section of an elephant’s tusk, this ivory pyx (Greek for "box") depicts a number of New Testament scenes, namely the Annunciation, Christ’s entry into Jerusalem, Christ raising Lazarus, and Christ healing the blind man.
The epitome of an intellectual Christian saint, Catherine of Alexandria is said to have debated the foremost philosophers of her age and converted them to Christianity with her brilliant logic.
Solemn Mass (also known as a Solemn High Mass), is the full ceremonial form of the Tridentine Mass, celebrated by a priest with a deacon and a subdeacon, requiring most of the parts of the Mass to be sung, and the use of incense.
Solemn Mass (also known as a Solemn High Mass), is the full ceremonial form of the Tridentine Mass, celebrated by a priest with a deacon and a subdeacon, requiring most of the parts of the Mass to be sung, and the use of incense.
A ciborium is a chalice-like vessel used to contain the Blessed Sacrament. According to modern liturgical usage the word denotes exclusively the sacred vessel employed for the reservation of the Consecrated Species.
The Book of the Gospels or Evangeliary contains the full text of the passages from all four gospels that the deacon or priest is to read or chant at Mass in the course of the liturgical year.
The Code of Rubrics is a three-part liturgical document promulgated in 1960 under Pope John XXIII, which in the form of a legal code indicated the liturgical and sacramental law governing the celebration of the Roman Rite Mass and Divine Office.
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply Saint Peter's Basilica (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri), is a church built in the Renaissance style located in Vatican City, the papal enclave that is within the city of Rome.
"A chasuble is the sleeveless outer vestment worn by the celebrant at Mass. Its color is prescribed according to the seasons of the Church or the particular feast being celebrated.
The superimposed Greek letters chi and rho, the first two letters of Christ’s name, was a popular early Christian symbol.
In ecclesiastical architecture, a ciborium ("ciborion": κιβώριον in Greek) is a canopy or covering supported by columns, freestanding in the sanctuary, that stands over and covers the altar in a basilica or other church.
The annual May procession by Knights Templars is one of the highlights of the year in this town in Murcia, in southern Spain.
The Sainte-Chapelle is a royal chapel in the Gothic style. Construction began sometime after 1238 and the chapel was consecrated on 26 April 1248.
The Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary, commonly known as the Portuguese Church, in Brabourne Road, Kolkata; as founded in 1797. In 1799, the chapel was replaced by the church which is used today as the cathedral.
