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Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery (Russian: Кирилло-Белозерский монастырь), translated into English as White Lake [translation of the town name of Beloozero] St. Cyril's Monastery, used to be the largest monastery in Northern Russia. The monastery was consecrated to the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, for which cause it was...
In the Roman Catholic tradition, there are many religious institutes of nuns and sisters (the female equivalent of male monks or friars), each with its own charism or special character. Traditionally, nuns are members of enclosed religious orders and take solemn religious vows, while sisters do not live in the...
Entrance to St. Peter Catholic Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's, North Side neighborhood. The church building dates to 1888, when, using the original architectural plans, it replaced a new structure that burned to the ground in a fire two years earlier Free Downloads Below Hi-Res [https://sdcason.com/content/...
Statue of Pope (later Saint) John Paul II outside the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Christ the King, completed in 1967 in Lexington, Kentucky. Contributor: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer Free Downloads Below Hi-Res [https://sdcason.com/content/images/2021/06/service-pnp-highsm-63700-63775v_o.jpeg] 1200px [https://sdcason.com/content/images/size/...
Quebec is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. Located in Central Canada, the province shares land borders with Ontario to the southwest, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast, and a coastal border with Nunavut; it also borders the U.S. states of...
The Catholic Franciscan chapel of the "Condemnation and Imposition of the Cross", according to tradition, this was where Jesus took up his cross after being sentenced. It is based on the finding of large Roman pavement stones that may have been part of Pilate's judgment seat...
St. Joseph Church is located near Kaupo, Maui, Hawaii and was established in 1862 by the missionary Catholic priests who evangelized on Maui beginning in the mid 1800s. It was Bishop Louis Maigret who blessed the Church on June 29, 1862. St. Joseph Church served a thriving community of ranchers,...
In the Roman Catholic tradition, there are many religious institutes of nuns and sisters (the female equivalent of male monks or friars), each with its own charism or special character. Traditionally, nuns are members of enclosed religious orders and take solemn religious vows, while sisters do not live in the...
1971 Day of Mourning -- Third annual commemoration ceremonies for the 5,000 victims of the 1968 Hue Massacre began in Phu Cam Catholic Church. The Huế massacre was the summary executions and mass murder perpetrated by the Viet Cong and People's Army of Vietnam during their capture,...
In the Roman Catholic tradition, there are many religious institutes of nuns and sisters (the female equivalent of male monks or friars), each with its own charism or special character. Traditionally, nuns are members of enclosed religious orders and take solemn religious vows, while sisters do not live in the...
In the Roman Catholic tradition, there are many religious institutes of nuns and sisters (the female equivalent of male monks or friars), each with its own charism or special character. Traditionally, nuns are members of enclosed religious orders and take solemn religious vows, while sisters do not live in the...
Ordination is the sacramental ceremony in which a man becomes a deacon, priest, or bishop and enabled to minister in Christ's name and that of the Church. There are three ordinations in the Sacrament of Holy Orders: diaconate; priesthood; and episcopal. The ordination ceremony includes various rituals, rich...
This photo is from a Catholic retreat in 1912. History of Catholicism in Korea Spanish Jesuit priest Gregorio Céspedes was possibly the first Catholic missionary in Korea, arriving in Busan on 27 December 1593. However, Catholicism (and Christianity in general) in Korea more generally began in 1784 when Yi Seung-hun...
In the Roman Catholic tradition, there are many religious institutes of nuns and sisters (the female equivalent of male monks or friars), each with its own charism or special character. Traditionally, nuns are members of enclosed religious orders and take solemn religious vows, while sisters do not live in the...
A Eucharistic procession is one in which the Host is carried in procession in a monstrance. It is often covered with a canopy and accompanied with candles. This Eucharistic procession is held annually on the Virginia Beach boardwalk by a group of Catholic parishes in the Virginia Beach and Chesapeake...
One of the canons at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow: he set up the chancel for worship, then went off to hear confession. Free Downloads Below Hi-Res [https://sdcason.com/content/images/2021/05/7935650612_cb3d2fe4bd_o.jpg] 1200px [https://sdcason.com/content/images/size/w1200/2021/05/7935650612_...
Photo taken during the procession, around the Metropolitan Cathedral, which accompanied this miraculous figure (the Lord of Health). The priests and parishioners prayed to the Virgin Mary and asked for help from Jesus Christ, the Lord of Health for an end to the COVID-19 pandemic. Free Downloads Below Hi-Res [https:...
Photograph of two monks working in the blacksmith shop at Mission Santa Barbara, ca.1900. They are both wearing the traditional Franciscan habit. One, at left, holds a small item just pulled from the forge (at back) with long tongs on an anvil. He holds a hammer in his other...
In the Roman Catholic tradition, there are many religious institutes of nuns and sisters (the female equivalent of male monks or friars), each with its own charism or special character. Traditionally, nuns are members of enclosed religious orders and take solemn religious vows, while sisters do not live in the...
In the Roman Catholic tradition, there are many religious institutes of nuns and sisters (the female equivalent of male monks or friars), each with its own charism or special character. Traditionally, nuns are members of enclosed religious orders and take solemn religious vows, while sisters do not live in the...
Saint Anthony Cathedral Basilica, the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Beaumont, Texas. Constructed in 1903 as the first Catholic Church of Beaumont, Texas, the building has underwent many restorations. On July 11, 2006, Pope Benedict XVI recognized its liturgical and historical significance by proclaiming it a Minor Basilica....
Aerial view of Buffalo, New York, with a focus on the 1898 Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church Complex. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith Free Downloads Below Hi-Res [https://sdcason.com/content/images/2021/05/service-pnp-highsm-52600-52600v_o.jpg] 1200px [https://sdcason.com/content/images/size/w1200/2021/05/service-pnp-highsm-52600-52600v.jpg] 800px...
Statue of Jesus on the cross outside the Nativity of Mary, Blessed Virgin Catholic Church, also known as the St. Mary Catholic Church, in High Hill, a little community near Schulenburg in Fayette County, Texas. Photographer: Carol, M. Highsmith Free Downloads Below Hi-Res [https://sdcason.com/content/images/2021/05/...
Baptismal font of the Nativity of Mary, Blessed Virgin Catholic Church, also known as the St. Mary Catholic Church, in High Hill, a little community near Schulenburg in Fayette County, Texas. Built in 1906, the church is considered the "queen" of what Texans call their "painted churches....
