Priest Collection (page 14)

A wedding in the Russian embassy chapel in London
With crowns, candles, rings and wine : a wedding in the Russian embassy chapel in London when Countess Tolstoi was married there according to the rites of the Orthodox Greek Church. Date: 1912

French scouts with statue of Madonna and Child, Boulogne
French scouts with bare feet, carrying a statue of the Madonna and Child. They are returning it to the fishermen of Boulogne, from where it was removed for safety during the Second World War

Paris, France - Foundation-Stone of the Sacre Coeur on the 16th of June. Date: 1875

Paris, France - Eglise du Val de Grace. Date: 1830

Paris, France - Eglise Saint Merri, rue Saint Martin. Date: 1829

Paris, France - Eglise des Carmes. Date: 17th century

Jan Baptista de Bisthoven, SJ
Joannes (Jan) Baptista de Bisthoven, SJ (1603-1655), Jesuit missionary and college rector from Antwerp, Belgium

Johann Joseph Ignaz von Dollinger (1799 - 1890), German Catholic who opposed papal infallibility, and formed the Old Catholic movement

Shinto priest making offering, Japan
Shinto priest making an offering, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Priests playing checkers, Japan
Priests playing checkers on a board, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Shinto priest, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Buddhist priests and worshippers, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Shinto priests, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Two Buddhist priests, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Buddhist priest, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Buddhist priest, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s

Buddhist priests, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s

Regional music: Japanese gong and cymbals, c. 1870
Two Japanese bonzes or priests striking a gong and playing on cymbals, c.1870. Date: c. 1870

A Subalterns Stunts in Italy by H. L. Oakley
A few scenes characteristic of when British troops arrived at their billets in an Italian village, as witnessed by the famous silhouette artist, Captain H. L. Oakley

Stunts silhouetted by H. L. Oakley
A page of silhouettes by Captain H. L. Oakley published in The Bystander depicting the trials and tribulations of a billeting officer

Nicosia defended, 1570-1
Nicosia, Cyprus, defended against the Turks. Date: 1570-1

Mass celebrated in ruined church, Milan, Italy, WW1
Mass celebrated in ruined church of San Gregorio, Milan, Italy, during the First World War. The roof is open to the sky, but that doesn t stop the faithful from attending. Date: 1914-1918

Panorama of a fashionable wedding, 1855
Panorama of a fashionable wedding in 1855-relations, clergy and hangers on depicted. Date: 1855

France Dormeilleuse
The church and school of Felix Neff, k.a. the Pastor of the High Alps, a Swiss ex-soldier who became a priest and philanthropist in this underprivileged district. Date: circa 1836

Serfdom Abolished
An Orthodox priest reads out the tsars announcement that serfdom is abolished throughout Russia. Date: 1861

Virginian Priest
A native Virginian priest, seen from the right and from the left. Date: 1737

Louis Tronson
LOUIS TRONSON French churchman, priest at Saint-Sulpice, Paris Date: 1622 - 1700

Marie Theo. Ratisbonne
MARIE THEODORE RATISBONNE French priest, brother to the notorious visionary and convert. Date: 1802 - 1884

Rasputin & Clergy
RASPUTIN with bishop Hermogen and monk-priest Iliodor. Date: circa 1912

Rasputin in Carriage
RASPUTIN IN CARRIAGE Russian priest early in his career Date: 1871 - 1916

Pasquier Quesnel
PASQUIER QUESNEL French churchman, priest of the Oratoire, of Jansenist views, Date: 1634 1719

Eton Cricket Crowd
The well-to-do crowd at a cricket match held on 4 June at Eton College, England, including pupils in top hats, well-heeled parents and the college chaplain or priest. Date: 4 June (early 1930s)

Joseph Lebon
JOSEPH LEBON - French priest, revolutionary statesman, despite valuable services to his country convicted of extremism and guillotined. Date: 1765 - 1795

Bernard Lamy
BERNARD LAMY French churchman and philosopher, priest at the Oratory of Jesus. Date: 1640 - 1715

British church parade on battlefield, Western Front, WW1
British troops at church parade on the battlefield before heading for the trenches, on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Buddhist Tibetan Lama holding a prayer wheel. Date: circa 1910s

China - Christian Clergyman Rev. John Kao (Shantung Diocese)
China - A superb portrait of Clergyman Rev. John Kao (Shantung Diocese). The S.P.G. (Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts) sent its first missionary to China in 1863 Date

Courmayeur, Italy - The Botanical Garden of
The Henry Botanical Garden at Plan Gorret, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy. Joseph- Marie Henry (1870-1947) was born in Courmayeur the son of a Mountain Guide of Mont Blanc

Serbian Orthodox burial - WW1 era. Date: 1917

Thessaloniki, Greece - Greek Orthodox Priest pays a visit while the city was still firmly under Ottoman Turkish control. Date: circa 1910

Salonica - Fountain and Greek Orthodox Priest Date: circa 1910s

Greetings from Egypt - Arabian Priest and Egyptian Woman
Greetings from Egypt - featuring inset photographs of an Arabian Priest and attendant and an Egyptian Woman. Date: circa 1910s

Priest directed to find a Scotsmans late business partner. Parson (to Mr MacDougal) - " ! want to see Mr Thompson, please." Macdougal

Father O Flynn unconvinced by drunks claim to sober
Father O Flynn - " Pat, you re dhrunk again." Pat - " Oi m not, Yer Riverence." Father O Flynn - " Yis ye are, Pat; an if ye were not, you wouldn t deny it." !!

Priest concerned about Pats level of Whiskey consumption
Priest - " And how many whiskeys do you drink in an hour, Pat?" Pat - " Sometoimes Wan; sometoimes Two; but never less than three, Your Riverance." Date: 1893

The honesty of an Elderly Irish Woman - Mortality
Mrs Murphy - " Shure its goin to be a moighty hard winter, Father dear; there ll be a moighty lot av us owld Folks Nipped in the BUd, oi m thinking." Date: circa 1890s

Old Mrs Snooksons Husband view on his drinking ailment
" Well, hows your Husband, Mrs Snookson?" " O! Es very bad, poor ear Es such a martyr to Delerium Tremins." !!

Elderly woman comments to the vicar on the new graveyard
Cheerful Old Party (to the Vicar): " Th new Graveyards fillin up nicely, Sir!" Date: circa 1890s

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