Historic Religious Processions

Early 20th-century photos of traditional religious ceremonies in the Middle East, highlighting cultural practices and community gatherings.

Bethlehem and surroundings A Judean home. Suggestive of the 'Wise Men' seeking the Christ Child. 1920, West Bank, Bethlehem, Israel

Circumcision procession 1900, Middle East, Israel

Druze, Druze home, Daliyeh, Mt. Carmel 1900, Druzes, Adults Israel, Along the sea coast

Neby Moussa, Nebi Musa 1898, West Bank

Christmas in Bethlehem, religious procession. 1898, West Bank, Israel

Bethlehem and surroundings A Judean home. Suggestive of the 'Wise Men' seeking the Christ Child. 1920, West Bank, Bethlehem, Israel

Steps leading to the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem, Israel, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXVI, No 13, March 26, 1899.

Christmas in Bethlehem, religious procession. 1898, West Bank, Israel

Bethlehem 1898, West Bank, Israel

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW (1964) -Original title: IL VANGELO SECONDO MATTEO-, directed by PIER PAOLO PASOLINI.

Easter morning at the Garden Tomb, April 9, 1939 Prayer. 1939, Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, at the Wailing Wall on Friday ca. between 1909 and 1919.

Mount of Olives, Bethany, Church of the Lord's Prayer 1900, Jerusalem, Israel

Christmas in Bethlehem, religious procession. 1898, West Bank, Israel

Easter celebration, Court of Sepulchre Church. 1934, Jerusalem, Israel

Michmash (Mukhmas) 1900, West Bank, Michmas

Jewish types on street. 1934, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Jaffa to Jerusalem. Zorah (Sar'a) the home of Samson 1900, Israel, Tsorʻah, TsorʻAh

Transjordan. East of the Dead Sea. Home in Main. Inhabitants are Christian Bedouins. 1920, Jordan, Maʻin, MaʻIn

Magdala from the north. 1898, Israel, Migdal

Jerusalem, the wheat market. 1898, Israel

Deserted procession on eve of Palm Sunday, April 9, 1938. 1938, Middle East

Crowds at Mosque al-Aqsa for Friday prayers. Friday Sept. 16, 1938. 1938, Jerusalem, Israel

Excavations. Tell-el-Nasbeh (Mizpah) Astarte sanctuary on the east side. 1932, West Bank, Tall al-Nasbeh

Square in front of the Heilig-Grafkerk in Jerusalem, Anonymous, c. 1900 - In or Before 1910 photograph Part of photo album of a trip through Southern Europe and the Middle East. Jerusalem photographic support gelatin silver print square, place, circus, etc. (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage) Holy grave church

Calendar of religious ceremonies in Jerusalem Easter period, Orthodox foot washing on roof of Mar Jakoub, Ap. 17, 1941 Israel

Various subjects of archaeological interest A Canaanitish winepress at Ain Karem. Natives with middle bronze jars. Matt. 2133. 'hedged it round about and digged a winepress'. 1920, Jerusalem, Israel

245 Jerusalem Wall where the Jews will cry. .

St. Andrews Church, Dedication with His Excellency the high commissioner. 1934, Jerusalem, Israel

Aref el Aref & Bedouin sheikhs 1932, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Ash heaps from the Temple sacrifices. 1898, Jerusalem, Israel

Muslim funeral, Mohammedan funeral, photograph by American Colony photographer, circa 1900-1920

Bethlehem 1898, West Bank, Israel

Notable visitors and approx. chronological events since 1930 Funeral of the late Greek patriarch Damainos, age 84. Carried seated in a chair with mitre and full vestments. Aug. 14, 1931, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Fifth Station of the Cross. 1925, Jerusalem, Israel

Christmas in Bethlehem, religious procession. 1898, West Bank, Israel

Jews at Wailing Wall 1898, Jerusalem, Israel

Palestine is a name given to the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. The region is also known as the Land of Israel, the Holy Land and the Southern Levant. In 1832 Palestine was conquered by Muhammad Ali's Egypt, but in 1840 Britain intervened and returned control of the Levant to the Ottomans in return for further capitulations. The end of the 19th century saw the beginning of Zionist immigration and the Revival of the Hebrew language. The movement was publicly supported by Great Britain during World War I with the Balfour Declaration of 1917. The British captured Jerusalem a month later, and were formally awarded a mandate in 1922. In 1947, following World War II and the Holocaust, the British Government announced their desire to terminate the Mandate, and the United Nations General Assembly voted to partition the territory into a Jewish state and an Arab state. The Jewish leadership accepted the proposal but the Arab Higher Committee rejected it; a

Bethlehem and surroundings Entrance to the Church of the Nativity 1900, West Bank, Bethlehem, Israel

Lazio Roma Rome S. Brigida1. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of 18th c. church on Piazza Farnese. Interior views of altar, celing frescoes, sculpture, sculptural relief, paintings, mosaics, stained glass. General Notes: Exterior views taken from via di Monserrato sequence. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Around the Dead Sea. Types of Bedouins at Ghor Es-Safieh 1900, Jordan, Ghawr

5th Station of Cross. 1925, Jerusalem, Israel

Via Dolorosa, beginning at St. Stephen's Gate. Second Station of the Cross 1900, Jerusalem, Israel

The terrible plague of locusts in Palestine, March-June 1915. Garden of Gethsemane after a visitation by the locusts. 1915, Jerusalem

Magdala (Mejdel). 1898, Israel, Migdal

A burning ghat, Kolkata, India: mourners by the funeral pyre. Photograph, ca. 1890.

Bethlehem, Christmas Day 1898, West Bank, Israel

Carmel and Haifa. Esdraelon from Carmel showing Tabor on horizon. 1920, Israel, Haifa

Nejaf. First sacred city of the Shiite Muslims. Mosque entrance. Ever crowded. 1932, Iraq, Najaf

Photograph of prayer at the Western Wall, Jerusalem. Dated 1920

Environs of Jerusalem. Lazarus' Tomb American Colony, Jerusalem. 1898, West Bank, Bethany, Israel

Some Jews at the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, Israel, photo by Fritz Henle, from L'illustrazione Italiana, year LX, n 14, April 2, 1933.

Jews Wailing Wall. Day of Atonement. 1934, Jerusalem, Israel

Nebi Musa, 1937 at shrine and procession at Jerusalem. 1937, Israel

Entry of Field Marshall Allenby, Jerusalem, December 11, 1917. Franciscan monk reading the proclamation in French

Funeral procession, Taormina, Sicily, Italy, 1927. Artist: Eugen Poppel.

Church of Nativity in Bethlehem. 1898, West Bank, Bethlehem, Israel

Market scene, weekly market Esine. .

The consecration of Easter Eggs on Easter before the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Stereograph), Anonymous

Cairo, Old Cairo, Heliopolis, 1915-1916, Egypt, by William Saunderson Cooper. Gift of Andrew Cooper, 2001.

Groups at Bethlehem, 1945. 1945, West Bank, Bethlehem, Israel

Poll photo collection. Israel 1948-1949: Galilee. Children on the wall around the forecourt at the Greek-Orthodox Anunciation Church in Nazareth on Easter morning. January 1, 1948. Israel, Nazareth

Poll photo collection. Israel: Meron, synagogue and graves. Meron. Access to the grave of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. undated. Galilee, Israel, Meron

People at the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem. Date: early 20th century

03/31/1956. The Priests of the Charterhouse Working on the Clearing Tasks, Unfortunately Unsuccessful, to Help Those Who Were Buried After the Earthquakes in the Caves.

Bethlehem upper & lower 1898, West Bank, Israel

05/11/1912. Yesterday's solemnity at the Rubio Institute. The solemn procession to give communion to the sick, upon leaving the chapel.

Sadhus-religious mendicants at Benares. Sadhus, also spelled saddhus, are religious ascetics, mendicants, or any holy people in Hinduism and Jainism who have renounced the worldly life. They are sometimes alternatively referred to as yogi, sannyasi, or vairagi. Benares, also known as Varanasi, is a city on the banks of the riverGangesinUttar Pradesh,India. A major religious hub inIndia, it is theholiestof the seven sacred cities (Sapta Puri) inHinduismandJainism. Benares also played an important role in the development ofBuddhismandRavidassia.

12/31/1941. Mass in the Ruins of the Cerro de los Ángeles monument to the sacred heart of Jesus.

Bedouin wedding Playing 'wolf and sheep' 1900, the Bedouin are a grouping of nomadic Arab peoples who have historically inhabited the desert regions in North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq and the Levant.

Sacred way. Delphi , Roads. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Perhaps due to misunderstandings by early Western scholars attempting to understand Tibetan Buddhism, the term 'Lama' has historically been erroneously applied to Tibetan monks generally. Similarly, Tibetan Buddhism was referred to as 'Lamaism' by early Western academics and travelers who did not understand that what they were witnessing was a form of Buddhism; they may also have been unaware of the distinction between Tibetan Buddhism and Bon. The term 'Lamaism' is now considered derogatory.

Suppiluliuma I seen here entering mountain capital of Khatti, India Copyright: xKenxGraham/DinodiaxPhotox

Various results of the war. Italian guard at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. 1917, Jerusalem, Israel

Poll photo collection. Middle East 1950-1955: Jerusalem. Easter celebration. Female believers with their candles in hand when leaving the holy grave church during the celebration of the Easter party. 1950. Israel, Jerusalem, Jordan

Rock symbolic Jerusalem. 1898, Israel

Crowds at St. Stephen's Gate on Neby Mousa, Nebi Musa feast 1900, Jerusalem, Israel

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1923), directed by CECIL B DEMILLE.

Israel - Church on Mount Tabor in Lower Galilee, at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley. This postcards shows the Church of Transfiguration at the summit, which is divided into Eastern Orthodox (northeast) and Roman Catholic (southeast) areas. Traditionally believed to be the site where the Transfiguration of Christ took place, an event in the Gospels in which Jesus is transfigured upon an unnamed mountain and speaks with Moses and Elijah. Completed in 1924. Date: circa 1925

Palestine disturbances 1936 Funeral of Austrian shot dead whose coffin the inhabitants tried to bring back for church service from cemetery. 1936

The Virgin's Fountain, Jerusalem. 1898, Israel

In Bethlehem of Judea, where King David and our Lord were born, Palestine , City & town life, Crowds, Camels Edgar Sutton Dorr Photograph Collection

The Dalai Lama Thubten Gyatso in Beijing, China, photo from L'Illustration, No 3497, March 5, 1910.

Northern views. Shrines to the God Pan, Banias 1900, Syria, Damascus Province, Bāniyās

The Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, c1920s-c1930s(). Artist: Unknown

Turkish procession. 1898, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Praying women to the wailing wall in Jerusalem; Jerusalem Klagemauer. Muraille de la Lamentation des Juifs. The Jews' Wailing Place.Part Of Photo Album From a Journey Through Southern Europe And The Middle East.

Palestine is a name given to the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. The region is also known as the Land of Israel, the Holy Land and the Southern Levant. In 1832 Palestine was conquered by Muhammad Ali's Egypt, but in 1840 Britain intervened and returned control of the Levant to the Ottomans in return for further capitulations. The end of the 19th century saw the beginning of Zionist immigration and the Revival of the Hebrew language. The movement was publicly supported by Great Britain during World War I with the Balfour Declaration of 1917. The British captured Jerusalem a month later, and were formally awarded a mandate in 1922. In 1947, following World War II and the Holocaust, the British Government announced their desire to terminate the Mandate, and the United Nations General Assembly voted to partition the territory into a Jewish state and an Arab state. The Jewish leadership accepted the proposal but the Arab Higher Committee rejected it; a

Poll photo collection. Middle East 1950-1955: Jerusalem. Priests of the Greek Orthodox Church in procession among scaffolding when leaving the Holy Grafkerk during the Easter celebration. 1950. Israel, Jerusalem, Jordan

King Feisal's last visit to Jerusalem. Late King Feisal of Iraq near the 'Noble Sanctuary.' Acclaimed by crowds, June 8, 1933. 1933, Jerusalem

A boy kneels in prayer in ***** of an abandoned British Police station in Jerusalem which stands in the site of the court of Pontius Pilate where Christ was tried. The boy is one of many pilgrims who have come this Easter to visit the place of Crucifixion. The armed Arab guard is a reminder of the hostility that Reigns in the holy city. March 25, 1948. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Bethlehemite. 1898, West Bank, Bethlehem, Israel

Pyrenees bears protecting the Montjoie-en-Couserans church during the inventory of ecclesiastical goods by tax officials, France, photograph from L'Illustration, No 3292, March 31, 1906.

Poll photo collection. Israel 1948-1949: Galilee. Access to the ruins under the church of glorification on the Taborberg in Galilee with a Franciscan spiritual. January 1, 1948. Galilee, Israel

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Funeral of King Hussein, Jerusalem. 1931, Israel

Sant Antoni de Portmany church, Ibiza. Balearic island, Spain. Trip to the Balearic Islands Menorca and Cabrera 1888 by Gaston Charles Vuillier (1845 - 1915) Le Tour du Monde 1890

Poll photo collection. Israel 1948-1949: Kana. The Greek orthodox wedding church in Kana, with two villagers in the foreground surrounded by scratching chickens. January 1, 1948. Israel, Kana

Bethlehem (Beit-Lahm) and surroundings Christmas day American Colony, Jerusalem. 1898, West Bank, Bethlehem, Israel

Palestine is a name given to the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. The region is also known as the Land of Israel, the Holy Land and the Southern Levant. In 1832 Palestine was conquered by Muhammad Ali's Egypt, but in 1840 Britain intervened and returned control of the Levant to the Ottomans in return for further capitulations. The end of the 19th century saw the beginning of Zionist immigration and the Revival of the Hebrew language. The movement was publicly supported by Great Britain during World War I with the Balfour Declaration of 1917. The British captured Jerusalem a month later, and were formally awarded a mandate in 1922. In 1947, following World War II and the Holocaust, the British Government announced their desire to terminate the Mandate, and the United Nations General Assembly voted to partition the territory into a Jewish state and an Arab state. The Jewish leadership accepted the proposal but the Arab Higher Committee rejected it; a

Poll photo collection. Rebuilding a nunnate. Nuns on ladder against Taluud from basement. 1940. France

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