Prayer Collection (page 11)

Two Moslems at prayer, Egypt
Two Moslems at prayer in the open air in Egypt. They have removed their shoes, and are standing or kneeling on an animal skin. Date: early 20th century

Call to prayer - Dobrogea, Romania
Turkish Mullah (Hoja / Hodja) outside a mosque at Dobrogea, Romania calling out the call to prayer from a raised platform. Date: circa 1906

India - The Prayer
Two Indian Muslim men at prayer Date: circa 1907

Indian Brahmin at prayer - a fine example of religious asceticism Date: circa 1905

Now the Day is over - 2
NOW THE DAY IS OVER A child kneels in prayer for sailors tossing on the deep blue sea - perhaps Daddy is a sailor ? Date: circa 1915

Prayer at Tomb of local Saint - Bosnia
Prayers at the Tomb of the local Saint - Bosnia and Herzegovina Date: 1908

Illustration with music, Grace Before Meals, showing three little girls saying a prayer. first published 1881

World War One Patriotic postcard
Saint Alliance. A British soldier joining forces with a spectral Joan of Arc to go and fight the German army on the Western Front. Patriotic card of the First World War. Date: circa 1916

Battle of Sempach 5
The Swiss at prayer before engaging Leopold of Austria at the battle of Sempach : God kindly hears their prayers and they win a decisive victory. Date: 9 July 1386

India - Indian Guru and young devotees
Vuja - an Indian Guru pictured with his young devotees Date: circa 1910s

India - Darjeeling - a Tibetan Monk
India - Darjeeling - a Tibetan Buddlist Lama (Monk) begging, carrying a tamborine and small horn pipe Date: circa 1907

Prayers inside Aya Sofya, Istanbul
Prayers inside the Aya Sofya Mosque, Istanbul - nowadays this incredible building is no longer a Christian Church (original usage) or a Mosque (later usage), but houses a museum. Date: circa 1905

Sir Thomas Bazley
SIR THOMAS BAZLEY French bishop of Caesarea, historian, in an attitude of prayer. Date: 1797 - 1885

LA Salles Last Prayer
JEAN-BAPTISTE DE LA SALLE French churchman, educator and benefactor, founder of the Freres Chretiens, quits his deathbed to receive the last rites. Date: 1651 - 1719

Thomas Basin, Bishop
THOMAS BASIN (or Bazin) French bishop of Caesarea, historian, in an attitude of prayer. Date: 1412 - 1491

The Blushing Bride
The blushing, fashionable bride, playing demurely with her veil, prayer book in hand. Date: 1930s

Kilchoman Cross
The Cross of Kilchoman, an ancient cross on the Isle of Islay, the Hebrides, Scotland. For many years it was turned towards the sun during prayer, but this Pagan ritual stopped. Date: 1930s

King George V Silver Jubilee celebrations, 1935
St Pauls Cathedral, Wrens masterpiece, chosen as the scene of the Silver Jubilee Service of Prayer and Thanksgiving on the 25th anniversary of the accession of King George V to the throne. Date: 1935

Interior of a mosque - Turkey Date: circa 1900

Tomb of St. John - Damscus, Syria
Tomb of St. John (Yahya) in the Great Mosque (The Umayyad Mosque) at Damscus, Syria. Date: circa 1910s

Monk or priest singing
Marginal drawing of what appears to be a priest or a monk singing with a book in his hand. 1543

Jesus Dictates Prayer
Jesus teaches his prayer to his disciples. Date: 1st century

Burgundian Costume 1450
As la duchesse de Bourgogne kneels in prayer, her rosary round her wrist, her page holds up her gown and a lady of her court clutches her own dress Date: circa 1450

Family Prayer / Barnes
A middle-class Victorian English family kneel in prayer Date: 1879

Assembly / Coughton Cope
Children at Coughton Cope Infants School bow their heads in morning prayer Date: 1973

Boy kneeling in front of a religious statue
A boy kneeling in front of a religious statue of a woman (perhaps a saint) praying. He is holding his hands together in imitation of the statue

Mary Queen of Scots - Memorial
The carved figure of Mary Queen of Scots in Westminster Abbey

Greece, Crete - Chania - Muslims at prayer in the Mosque

Two richly adorned Georgian Jews walk to the synagogue in Tbilisi, Georgia

Buddhist Priest in Northern India (Tibet)
Buddhist Tibetan Monk/Priest

Roadside shrine, Austria
A roadside shrine on a country road not far from Aggsbach, Lower Austria

Sarajevo - Three Young Turks praying

Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina - Elderly Muslim at prayer

An Algerian Man prays alongside his camel
An Algerian man kneels alongside his camel and undertakes his midday prayers in the direction of Mecca

Saint Genevieve in Paris
Saint Genevieve (d.500) - Patroness of Paris. Took veil at 15 after the death of her parents and moved to Paris. Made a personal sortie to gain supplies for the City during the siege of Paris by

Lourdes - Recitation of the rosary at the Grotto

Bead Seller, Constantinople
A seller of strings of beads, Constantinople

Reclining Turkish Woman
A fine photograph postcard depiction of a reclining Turkish woman, holding a string of prayer beads (Tesbih)

Constantinople - Dervish at prayer with Minarets in the background

Constantinople - Muezzin - Call to prayer in village of Rumeli Hisari

Medressa (religious school) & 2 Mevlevi Dervishes
Medressa (religious school - studying Koran) and two Mevlevi Dervishes. The Sheikh holds a tesbih (string of 99 prayer beads). Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia)

Balkans - Mostar - Turkish man at ritual prayer

Roadside shrine, Madhya Pradesh, Central India
A roadside shrine in Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Ablutions for prayer - Mosque in India
An ablution area in an Indian Mosque, showing a far more intimate and open view than the ablution fountains found in Mosques further West

A Priest sings at the end of mass
A priest sings Domine, Salvam fac Rempublicam, the response which can be used at the end of Mass, expressing the prayer of blessing for the Church and State

Muezzin - Call to Prayer, Constantinople
A Muezzin - the call to prayer from a Mosque overlooking the Bosphorus (likely to be a Mosque at Kuzguncuk). Visible across the Bosphorus is the European side

Sierra Leone - West Africa - Muslims Praying
Muslims praying in Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa

Young Sudanese Dervish
A Young Sudanese Dervish, holding a dagger and grinning widely

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