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2. Reredos - Wikipedia

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   A reredos (/ ˈ r ɪər ˌ d ɒ s, ˈ r ɪər ɪ-, ˈ r ɛ r ɪ-/ REER-dos, REER-ih-, RERR-ih-) is a large altarpiece, a screen, or decoration placed behind the altar in a church. It often includes religious images. The term reredos may also be used for similar structures, if elaborate, in secular architecture, for example very grand carved ...

3. Altar (Catholic Church) - Wikipedia

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   Except in Solemn Mass, a priest celebrating Tridentine Mass remains at the altar the whole time after saying the Prayers at the Foot of the Altar. The rite of Dedication of a church and of the altar points out that the celebration of the Eucharist is "the principal and the most ancient part of the whole rite, because the celebration of the ...

4. Liturgical colours - Wikipedia

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   Vestments in different liturgical colours. Liturgical colours are specific colours used for vestments and hangings within the context of Christian liturgy.The symbolism of violet, blue, white, green, red, gold, black, rose, and other colours may serve to underline moods appropriate to a season of the liturgical year or may highlight a special occasion.

5. Saint James the Apostle Parish Church (Paete) - Wikipedia

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   The uppermost niche of the main altar features the crucified Christ, the center niche (from left to right) contains images of St. Pedro Bautista, St. James and St. John Capistrano. The bottommost level contains Saints Peter and Paul, with the tabernacle in the middle. In front of this main altar is an altar table added under the auspices of ...

6. Basilica of St. John the Baptist - Wikipedia

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   The Sacred Heart Altar and the Altar of the Immaculate Conception, located on the west and east sides of the High Altar in the Sanctuary, respectively, are constructed from the same Egyptian travertine that was used by Pope Gregory XVI, to decorate the high altar of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome. A small quantity of this ...

7. Catholic art - Wikipedia

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   Guido Reni's Archangel Michael tramples Satan (c. 1636, in the Capuchin church of Santa Maria della Concezione, Rome). Catholic art is art produced by or for members of the Catholic Church. This includes visual art (iconography), sculpture, decorative arts, applied arts, and architecture.

8. A Maryland hotel has a bar at the altar of a former school ...

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   More than 3,000 people have signed a petition urging the owners of a chapel-turned bar in a Maryland hotel to abstain from serving liquor from the former high altar.

9. Zadar Cathedral - Wikipedia

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   The altar has rich decorations with columns and statues. Above the tabernacle is the statue of the Madonna with the dead Christ lying in her lap, with statues of Moses and Elijah on the sides. On the altar wings there are larger statues of the four evangelists, and, below them, figures of virtues and, on an antependium, a statue of the Lamb of ...