Blessing Collection

Guardian Angel at Bed
A guardian angel raises an arm in blessing while a girl helps her younger sister to say her evening prayers

Rome / Vatican / St Peters
The Basilica and Piazza di San Pietro, at Rome, on Easter Sunday, when the Pope bestows his blessing on the faithful

Jesus of Nazareth
JESUS OF NAZARETH with his right hand raised in a blessing gesture

Blessing the ground before sowing - Little Russia
Blessing the ground before sowing seeds in Little Russia Date: 1913

Royal wedding 1893 - Queen Victoria congratulates the bride
Princess May of Teck(later the Duchess of York, then Queen Mary)(1867-1953) receives congratulations from her husbands grandmother, Queen Victoria

Pope Pius X Blessing
POPE PIUS X (Giuseppe Sarto) pope and saint receiving pilgrims from Lombardy at the Vatican

Blessing the Bells of St. Pauls Cathedral, 1878
Engraving showing the ceremony held to bless the newly installed bells of St. Pauls Cathedral, London, in 1878. The image shows a group of clergy, kneeling in prayer, and the ringers

George(Iv) Weds Caroline
George, prince of Wales, weds Caroline of Brunswick in the Chapel Royal; the Archbishop of Canterbury gives his official blessing

Christmas, Slovenia
Sanct Nikolaus, accompanied by an angel, goes from house to house in a Slovenian village, blessing each family in turn

Bannockburn / Inchaffray
Before the battle, the Abbot of Inchaffray blesses the Scottish troops, who proceed to defeat Edward IIs army

Priest at the Golden Altar of Incense
This engraving depicts a Jewish Priest burning incense in the Golden Altar of Incense. Incense was burned daily on this altar during morning and the evening sacrifices

Southwick near Trowbridge, Wiltshire - An Open-Air Baptism
Southwick near Trowbridge, Wiltshire - A well-attended baptism by complete immersion in the open air baptistry. This bapistry was improved and walled in 1937

Saint Blaise of Sebaste (3rd-4th centuries), 1490-1500
Saint Blaise (3rd-4th centuries). Bishop of Sebaste and martyr. Portrait by Miguel Jimenez (15th-early 16th centuries), 1490-1500. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain

Monastery of Santa Maria. Cloister of the Porteria. Built between 1575 and 1578 in Renaissance style. It is attributed to the master Juan de la Sierra the Elder

The Mind, The Body, The Soul, Blessing The Fishes
A watercolour painting showing some spiritual depictions of the mind, body and soul blessing the fishes in a river. Date: circa 1918

St Peter's Statue, London Oratory

Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Stafford, Tower of London
Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Stafford receives blessing of Archbishop William Laud in the Bloody Tower, Tower of London, 1641. Date: 1641

Farewell mass for Women's Battalion, Russia, WW1
Crowds of people at the farewell mass at Kazan Cathedral in Petrograd (St Petersburg), for the Women's Battalion of Death, the day before they left for the front to fight in the First World War

KING EDWARD I (1239 - 1307), on his coronation

ITALIAN LEGIONARIES
Italian legionaries leave Spain for home with a nation's blessing for their generous courage in fighting the Nationalist cause in the civil war Date: 1938

FRANCIS ASSISI
SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI (1182 - 1226), blessing the town of Assisi shortly before his death

Funeral of General Simon Fraser, 8 October 1777, the day after the Battle of Saratoga during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Date: 1777

Scenes from Guinea, Africa, 1820
The palace of the King of Dahomey at Abomey 37, an African man hiding a fetish 38, and people of Whydah worshipping a huge snake 39. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev

Musical knife in the Louvre, Paris, France, made of steel, with a Blessing of the Table (or Grace) engraved on the blade. The notes are for bass voice -- it is thought that the knife was part of a

Scene at the Battle of Crecy, Picardy, France, 26 August 1346, an English victory under King Edward III, during the Hundred Years War

Descendants of Aaron giving the benediction to the people
This Priestly Blessing or priestly benediction, also referred to in rabbinic literature as Dukhanen, is a Hebrew prayer recited by Kohanim, (Hebrew Priests, descendants of Aaron)

Benediction of Amulets by Kami Priests
Kami are spirits that are worshipped in the religion of Shinto. These spirits can be in the form of elements of the landscape, forces of nature

The Embarkation of Columbus at Palos 3 August 1492
The embarkation of Columbus at Palos, 3 August 1492. Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) kneeling at stern of boat with crew, receiving blessing from monk, with various onlookers and weeping women

Hyde Park war shrine, WW1, 1918
In memory of those who have fallen: the Bishop of London, Arthur Winnington-Ingram, blessing the war shrine in Hyde Park, London in 1918. Date: 1918

GEORGE IV WEDS CAROLINE
George, prince of Wales, weds Caroline of Brunswick in the Chapel Royal; the Archbishop of Canterbury gives his official blessing Date: 8 April 1795

The King Am I - Nativity scene silhouette. Date: 1940s

Awaiting Individual Blessing of a Bishop at Lourdes, France
The White Train at Lourdes. The Sick gather on the forecourt of the Basilica await the Individual Blessing of a Bishop. Date: circa 1910

Pope Leo XIII giving a blessing Urbi et Orbi, after the Pont
Leo XIII (1810-1903). Italian Pope (1878-1903), named Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci. Pope Leo XIII giving a blessing Urbi et Orbi, after the Pontifical Mass from the gestatorial chair

Salvator Mundi, 1537-1545
Salvator Mundi. Christ with the Globe. 1537-1545. Lower Rhin. German Historical Museum. Berlin. Germany

The Deesis. Detail. Jesus Christ in Majesty as if to bless. 13th century. Mosaic. Hagia Sophia. Istanbul. Turkey

Tarot Card 5 - Le Pape (The Pope)

Maestro del Rosario. Bishop enthroned. First half of XVI cen
MAESTRO DEL ROSARIO. Painter active in Catalonia in the first half of XVI century. Bishop enthroned. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Romanesque. Spain. Catalonia. Puigbo. Altar frontal from St
Romanesque art. Catalonia. Puigbo. Altar frontal from St. Martins church. Anonymous. Christ the Saviour and scenes from the life of Saint Martin, bishop of Tours. Last quarter of 12th century

Church of St. Clement of Tahull. Pantocrator by the Master of Taull. Main apse.12th century. National Art Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona. Spain

Christ in Majesty from the church of St. John tou Trafu. First half of the 17th century. Byzantine Museum. Zante. Ionian Islands. Greece

Pope Sylvester. Painted in 1710. Wooden iconostasis of the church of St. Demetrius of Kola. Byzantine Museum. Zante. Ionian Islands. Greece

While Jesus was preaching in a synagogue meets a numb woman and blesses her with his hand. The rabbi of the synagogue was indignant because it was Saturday. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library

WW1 - Russian Troops blessed by Priest before offensive
WW1 - Russian Troops blessed by Russian Orthodox Priest before offensive - June 1917 Date: 1917

Royal Wedding 1893 - marriage ceremony
The wedding of Princess Marie of Edinburgh and Prince Ferdinand of Romania in the Stadt Church at Sigmaringen on 10 January 1893

Melozzo da Forli (1438-1494). The Blessing Christ. 15h c. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Oil on wood. ITALY. Turin. Galleria Sabauda (Sabauda Gallery)

Royal Wedding 1891 - marriage ceremony in St Georges Chapel
Marriage of Princess Marie-Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (younger daughter of Princess Helena, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein), to Prince Aribert of Anhalt in St

Winston Churchill and Clementine Hozier, wedding ceremony
Artists impression by Wal Paget of the marriage ceremony at St. Margarets church in Westminster between Mr Winston Churchill and Miss Clementine Hozier

The Blessing Of Science. By Charles Robinson
The Pekingese arrives by private lift from his suite to partake of afternoon tea with his mistress. An illustration by Charles Robinson (brother of William Heath Robinson)

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