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View of Meteora.

Tags: Greece, Human types, Meteora, Monasteries, Natural environment, Priests, Religious practices, Thessaly, Views

British colonel Synge returns to Thessaloniki after his abduction by Greek insurgents durint the events of 1878 in Thessaly and Macedonia.

Tags: Boats and ships, Brigands, British, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, History, Houses, Macedonia, Military officers, Priests, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Synge affair (1878), Thessaloniki, Turks

Snapshots of the presentation of address to George I of Greece by the City of London Corporation.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, George I of Greece, Human types, Kings, London, Officials, Olga Queen of Greece, Priests, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, United Kingdom, Women

Easter ceremony of the Greek church in the Troad. Greek Orthodox believers attend the liturgy of the Resurrection.

Tags: Asia Minor, Children, Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Divine Liturgy / Holy Communion, Easter, Festivities / Celebrations, Human types, Priests, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Troad, Turkey, Women

“Found at Naxos”. A peasant of Naxos island shows the monks an ancient Greek statue he has discovered. Painting by Henry Wallis.

Tags: Aegean islands, Art and antiquities, Castle of Arta, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Naxos, Priests, Professions, Sculptures, Social sphere and everyday life

The National Guard at Athens taking the oath of allegiance to George I, 1863.

Tags: Animals, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, George I of Greece, Greece, Military officers, Priests, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Vestments (liturgical garments), Weapons

The Archibishop of Athens receiving King George I of Greece in front of the cathedral of Athens, 1863.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Cathedral Church of Athens (Metropolis), Children, Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, George I of Greece, Greece, Kings, Priests, Religious practices, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Vestments (liturgical garments), Women

Greek peasants come to Athens to welcome George I, 1863.

Tags: Animals, Attica, Central Greece, Children, Equids, George I of Greece, Greece, Human types, Kings, Peasants, Priests, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons, Women

George I of Greece attends the liturgy at the Greek church of Chirst Saviour in London, 1863.

Tags: Carpets, Children, Church of Christ the Saviour (London), Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, George I of Greece, Kings, London, Priests, Religious practices, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, United Kingdom, Vestments (liturgical garments), Women

Costumes from Corfu: 1. Sunday dress.2. Holiday costume. 3. Sunday dress.4. Ordinary costume. 5. Greek priest.

Tags: Corfu, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Ionian islands, Jewellery, Priests, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Otto and Amalia of Greece at the mass of Athens Cathedral, 1854.

Tags: Amalia of Oldenburg (Queen of Greece), Athens, Attica, Bishops, Cathedral Church of Athens (Metropolis), Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Kings, Otto of Greece, Priests, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Vestments (liturgical garments), Women

Priest of the Greek church reading the gospel at the altar.

Tags: Children, Divine Liturgy / Holy Communion, Greece, Human types, Priests, Religious practices, Vestments (liturgical garments)

The altar of the church of the Dormition of the Virgin (Koimisis Theotokou) at Neo Voulkano Monastery. Plan of the church.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of the Dormition of the Our Lady (Voulcano), Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Ithome, Messenia, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Priests, Religious practices

Festivities on the eve of the Olympic games at ancient Elis (imaginary representation).The author praises the peaceful character of the inhabitants of Elis compared to the other Peloponnesians.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Elis, Greece, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Olympic Games, Peloponnese, Priests, Religious ceremonies, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, Women

Monastery of Odigitria or Kyria Gonia at Kolymbari, Chania province. In the backgrounds, the White Mountains (Lefka Ori).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Chania, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crete, Greece, Human types, Kolymbari (Chania), Lefka Ori, Monasteries, Monastery of Odigitria / Kyria Gonia (Chania), Mountains, Priests, Religious practices, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments

Tomb of Guillaume Durand, bishop of Mende in the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva (Rome), Guillaume Durand, Italy, Priests, Religious practices, Rome

Ancient column capital placed at the bottom of the staircase at the house of the bishop of Kozani. It was used by the bishop as horse mounting stool.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Bishop of Kozani, Greece, Houses, Kozani, Macedonia, Priests

Orthodox priest.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Priests, Religious practices, Shoes and footwear, Vestments (liturgical garments)

Streetlet at Myconos.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cyclades, Greece, Houses, Human types, Myconos, Priests, Views

29. Fire-extinguishing vehicle in Antwerp, Belgium. 30. View of the Doric columns of the Antwerp City Hall. 31. Outline of the fortifications of the city walls. 32. Sarcophagus of a cardinal at Liége.

Tags: Antwerp, Architecture and built environment, Belgium, Fires, Funerary monuments, Liège, Machines and devices, Mechanisms, Priests, Sarcophagi, Social sphere and everyday life, Town Hall of Antwerp, Walls

View of the castle of Heliopolis (Baalbek) in Lebanon, with the temple of Zeus in the background. Architectural and decorative features from the temple of Zeus in Baalbek. Dervish and Muslim holy man.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Baalbek / anc. Heliopolis, Castle of Baalbek, Castles and fortresses, Corinthian order, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dervishes, Human types, Lebanon, Priests, Religious practices, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Temple of Zeus (Baalbek), Temples of Baalbek (Lebanon)

34. Fish of Egypt. 35. Orthodox priest wearing Easter vestments. 36. Decoration of the staff of an Orthodox priest. 31. The Church of the Virgin of the Apparition on Mount Horeb. 32. Water pump at water mill near Mount Sinai. 33 Azyme (unfermented) bread.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of the Apparition of the Virgin (Mount Horeb), Egypt, Fish, Mount Horeb, Mount Sinai, Natural environment, Pigrimages, Priests, Religious practices, Vestments (liturgical garments), Water mills

18. Map of Alexandria. 19. Turban of a mufti. 20, 21. Drawing on the movement of the planets, accompanying the author's analysis of Galilee's theory.

Tags: Alexandria, Astronomy, Egypt, Galilee, Maps, Muftis, Priests, Religious practices, Science, Social sphere and everyday life

Death of an Indian fakir on the shores of Ganges river.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Baskets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fruit, Ganges river, Houses, Human types, India, Priests, Religious practices, Rites of passage, Rivers, Social sphere and everyday life

The lunar eclipse which the author watched during his stay at Mosul. In the foreground a mullah explains to a Western European, possibly the author himself, the high importance of this phaenomenon to Muslims.

Tags: Arabs, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, French, Houses, Human types, Irak, Lunar eclipses, Mosul, Natural phenomena, Prayer, Priests, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life

The interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem: a priest distributes the Holy Fire.

Tags: Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Easter, Festivities / Celebrations, Holy Fire, Holy Sepulchre, Human types, Interiors, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Priests, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life

Reception of a caravan comprised of officials on a pilgrimage at a convent in Jerusalem.

Tags: Baths, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Furniture, Human types, Interiors, Israel, Jerusalem, Monasteries, Monks, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Pilgrims, Priests, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel

Portrait of the Archbishop of Moscow in vestments of the Resurrection ceremony.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Moscow, Portraits, Priests, Religious practices, Russia, Social sphere and everyday life, Vestments (liturgical garments)

Pagodas at the kingdom of Tonkin (Vietnam). In the foreground, gymnosophists and priests in ceremonial dress doing their prayers.

Tags: Ancient temples, Animals, Costume - Hats and headwear, Gymnosophists, Human types, Kingdom of Tonkin, Priests, Religious practices, Sculptures, Social sphere and everyday life, Tonkin, Vietnam

High-ranking officials of the kingdom of Tonkin.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Kingdom of Tonkin, Officials, Priests, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tonkin, Vietnam, Weapons

Weapon used by the Muslim fakirs of India.

Tags: India, Priests, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

Indian gymnosophist.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Gymnosophists, Human types, India, Priests, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life

The Patriarch of Istanbul and a deacon during the service of the Divine Liturgy.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Deacons, Divine Liturgy / Holy Communion, Istanbul, Patriarchate of Constantinople, Patriarchs, Priests, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey, Vestments (liturgical garments)

Vestments (liturgical garments) worn by metropolitan bishops, Patriarchs, priests and deacons.

Tags: Christian priests, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Istanbul, Metropolitan bishops, Patriarchs, Priests, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey, Vestments (liturgical garments)

Ethiopian Christian priest and Ethiopian layman, Jerusalem.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethiopians, Ethnic groups, Human types, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Priests, Social sphere and everyday life

The Jewish alphabet. Greek Orthodox residents of Jerusalem, among whom a Grek Orthodox monk.

Tags: Alphabets, Animals, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Greeks, Hebrew alphabet, Human types, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Priests, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life

Entrance to an Armenian church in Izmir.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Armenian churches, Asia Minor, Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Human types, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Priests, Religious practices, Sarcophagi, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Views

Religious man of the Edhemi order. Holy man of the Ottoman empire.

Tags: Ascetes, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Priests, Religious orders, Religious practices, Turkey

Wandering dervishes of the Ottoman empire. Dervish costume.Prior of a dervish lodge.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Dervishes, Human types, Musical instruments, Priests, Religious practices, Turkey

Imam of imperial mosque.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Imams, Istanbul, Mosques, Priests, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey

The dance of the dervishes at the Tower of the Winds in Athens, which was used as a tekije (dervish lodge). Sixteen ostrich eggs hang from the ceiling to avert the evil eye. A depiction of the final stage of the whirling dervishes' ritual: The two main dancers whirl while holding each other by the sash. In green, wearing a white turban, the Sheich or head of the Dervishes, who animates the dancers with his voice and by playing the tambour.

Gathering of devout Muslims at the Tower of the Winds in Athens, which was used as a tekije (dervish lodge). Sixteen ostrich eggs hang from the ceiling to avert the evil eye. A depiction of the first stage of the whirling dervishes' ritual: the faithful praise God and Prophet Muhammad.

Headwear of priest in the Ottoman empire.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greeks, Muftis, Priests, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Turks

1. The entrance to the grotto of Sibyl, today Church of Saint John the Baptist in Marsala, Sicily. 2. Plan of the Sibyl's Cave. 3. Mosaic from the same grotto.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cave of the Sibyl (Marsala), Caves, Church of Saint John the Baptist (Marsala), Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Italy, Marsala, Priests, Sicily, Southern Italy

A Greek bishop. Excerpt from a poem by Henry Gally Knight.

Tags: Bishops, Christian priests, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Henry Gally Knight, Human types, Priests, Religious practices, Shoes and footwear

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