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A man attempts to reach the flag during the Greasy Pole contest on Sunday, July 1, 2007. St. Peter's Fiesta is a five-day festival honoring the patron saint of the fisherman, St. Peter. Hosted by the Italian American community of Gloucester, Massachusetts, [1] the festival involves a carnival, seine boat races, and the Greasy Pole contest, and ...
Christmas Day 2007. The Vatican Christmas Tree, also called the Saint Peter's Square Christmas Tree, is the decorated tree that is erected annually in the Saint Peter's Square directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City to celebrate the Christmas holiday season . The tradition of placing a Christmas tree as well as the life ...
St. Peter's Fiesta. Annual in depth coverage of the fiesta held the weekend closest to the saint's feast day including the blessing of the fleet, and the greasy pole contest. The Block Party. In depth coverage of the Gloucester Block Parties held on several Saturdays during the summer. Gloucester Zen.
A man attempts to reach the flag during the St. Peter's Fiesta courtesy round in Gloucester on Sunday, 1 July 2007. The Greasy Pole Contest takes place every year during St. Peter's Fiesta in Gloucester, Massachusetts. During this time, many young men try their luck at walking down a greased, wooden pole in the middle of Gloucester Harbor.
Vatican Obelisk. The Vatican Obelisk is an Egyptian obelisk, one of the thirteen ancient obelisks of Rome. This obelisk is located in St. Peter's Square, in Vatican City. It is the only ancient obelisk in Rome that has never fallen. [1][2] Made of red granite, it has a height of 25.3 meters and, together with the cross and the base (composed of ...
The Santa Claus Village in Lapland Santa's House at Jerusalem Old City, St. Peter Street. Santa Claus's home is traditionally said to include a residence and a workshop where he is said to create—often with the aid of elves or other supernatural beings—the gifts he is said to deliver to good children at Christmas.
Old St. Peter's Basilica was the fourth-century church begun by the Emperor Constantine the Great between 319 and 333 AD. [27] It was of typical basilical form, a wide nave and two aisles on each side and an apsidal end, with the addition of a transept or bema, giving the building the shape of a tau cross.
Pope Benedict XVI photographed during a Papal Mass celebrated in St. Peter's Basilica in 2013. A Papal Mass is the Solemn Pontifical High Mass celebrated by the Pope.It is celebrated on such occasions as a papal coronation, an ex cathedra pronouncement, the canonization of a saint, on Easter or Christmas or other major feast days.