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Icon depiction the Theotokos giving her girdle to Thomas the Apostle.Below is a styllized representation of Mary's Tomb, with flowers lying on the sarcophagus.. The Holy Girdle, also known as the Girdle of Thomas, Holy Girdle of Mary, Holy Zoonoro, (or) Zunoro, and Holy Belt of Saint Mary the mother of Jesus, is a relic of the Blessed Virgin Mary which is one of the important relics of Syriac ...
The Discovery of the Gunpowder Plot and the Taking of Guy Fawkes (c. 1823) by Henry Perronet Briggs; Knyvet wears the breastplate Arms of Knyvett: Argent, a bend sable a bordure engrailed of the last Monument to Thomas Knyvet, 1st Baron Knyvet, Stanwell Church, Surrey Latin inscription on mural monument to Thomas Knyvet, 1st Baron Knyvet, Stanwell Church Founder's inscribed tablet and arms ...
Pontifical vestments, also referred to as episcopal vestments or pontificals, are the liturgical vestments worn by bishops (and by concession some other prelates) in the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, and some Lutheran churches, in addition to the usual priestly vestments for the celebration of the Holy Mass, other sacraments, sacramentals, and canonical hours.
The Cord of Saint Philomena is made of cotton or wool threads of white and red, representing "faith and the purity of virginity". [10] Members of the Universal who wear the Cord of Saint Philomena will be "preserve[d], chaste and pure, safe from temptation" as it has "the virtue of healing sickness of body and spirit". [11]
Mary, he reported, had left the "garment" (ἐσθής, esthēs) to her friends in her will. It was the same one she had worn while nursing Jesus. In the 8th century, Andrew of Crete claimed in a sermon that the garment was stained with droplet of milk. He called it a "belt" (ζώνη, zōnē). [1]
A breastplate or chestplate is a device worn over the torso to protect it from injury, as an item of religious significance, or as an item of status. European
The National Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche in St. Augustine, Florida. Spanish explorers, under the command of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés and the spiritual chaplaincy of Fr Francisco López de Mendoza Grajales, OFM, had arrived in northern Florida in 1565. Grajalez celebrated there the first Mass in what would become the United States.
Mary, the mother of Jesus in Christianity, is known by many different titles (Blessed Mother, Virgin Mary, Mother of God, Our Lady, Holy Virgin, Madonna), epithets (Star of the Sea, Queen of Heaven, Cause of Our Joy), invocations (Panagia, Mother of Mercy, God-bearer Theotokos), and several names associated with places (Our Lady of Loreto, Our Lady of Fátima).