Prayer Gallery

The prayer at Valley Forge

The prayer at Valley Forge. Print showing George Washington, kneeling on one knee, praying in a grove of trees, his hores nearby, with soldiers gathered around a campfire on the right and a man watching from behind a tree with a mill in the distance on the left, at Valley Forge. Date 1866, c1866

© Mary Evans / Library of Congress

Forge, Prayer, Valley

WW1 - Catholic Mass in the Trenches at Bienvillers-aux-Bois

WW1 - French troops partake in Catholic Mass in the Trenches at Bienvillers-aux-Bois - August 1915. It was estimated that over 20, 000 priests served in the French army in some capacity. Services were often carried out in the trenches, and the priest would wear his surplice over his uniform where possible. Date: 1915

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Morocco, Casablanca - Call to Prayer

General View taken from a Casablanca Mosque, with a young Muslim man giving the call to prayer. Casablanca is in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. The capital of the Greater Casablanca region, Casablanca retains its historic position as the main industrial zone of the country

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Africa, African, Call, Casa Blanca, Historical, History, Islam, Moroccan, Morocco, Mosque, Muezzin, Muslim, North, Prayer, Religion