Priest Collection (page 17)

King Melchizedek

Parsi Fire Temple in Bombay
Parsi (Zoroastrian) Fire Temple in Bombay. Zoroastrianism is a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of prophet Zoroaster (aka Zarathustra)

A Parsi Priest
A Parsi (Zoroastrian) Priest. Zoroastrianism is a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of prophet Zoroaster (aka Zarathustra), probably founded some time before the 6th century BC in Iran

Priest or Chef
A limp-wristed priest (or chef)! Date: 1960s

Vicar remembering his youth - rowing on the river
Forty Years On A priest remembers the days of his youth, when he too partook in boating down on the river. Date: circa 1906

Monastir - The Head of the Serbian Orthodox Church
Monastir (formerly Bitola), Macedonia (formerly in Serbia and the Ottoman Empire) - The Head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, carrying a lightweight bag and bible. Date: circa 1910s

Dollies wedding
A group of girls have a pretend wedding ceremony, playing the bride and groom, vicar and guesses. Date: 1882

Priest=Vicars Building
The fine old half-timbered building of the Priest-Vicars at Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. Date: mid 14th century

Gretna Green Anvil and Richard Rennison
Richard Rennison - the Gretna Green Anvil Priest 1926 - 1940, pictured with books recording over 2000 marriages overseen at the Old Blacksmiths Shop at Gretna in seven years

Coptic Priest
A spectacular portrait of an Coptic Priest, holding a small cross. Copts in Egypt constitute the largest Christian community in the Middle East

Ezra, Prophet
EZRA Jewish priest and scribe, a teacher of the Torah, advocate of strict observance of the law, particularly opposing the taking of foreign wives. Date: circa 459 BCE

The Marriage House, Coldstream Bridgehead, Berwickshire, Scotland, where up to a hundred years ago Blacksmith Weddings took place; the smithy was the priest! Date: 1950s

Rev. Dr. A. C. Don, Dean of Westminster
The Dean of Westminster, according to ancient traditional rights, assists the Archbishop of Canterbury at the coronation of British Sovereigns, in particular at the Unction, the Investiture

Village Vicar not tempted with the offer of a pint of mild
The Vicar is not tempted with the offer of a pint of mild from a village Yokel. A card from the Weather Reports series, entitled " Genial and Mild". Date: 1907

Better Late Than Never - a groom hastily makes his way up the aisle to stand alongside his bride, who is not at all impressed by his rather lax timing, Date: 1903

Boatman rowing concerned passengers
The Boatie Rows. A (completely unconcerned) boatman rowing his load of seasick, concerned and startled passengers through some choppy waters! Date: 1903

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

Swedish Scouts building an altar in the forest. circa 1960s

A Dervish Leader
The Superior of the Derviches. Depicting a leader of the Dervishes. 1803

Shinto priest climbing Mount Fujiyama on pilgrimage. The summit of Mount Fuji is a pilgrimage site for the Shinto religion. Date: circa 1900

Mary Churchill visits the Church Army H. Q 1944
Subaltern Mary Churchill, A.TS, youngest daughter of Winston Churchill, lunched with the Reverend H.H Treacher, head of the Church Army, when she inspected hostel adjoining the headquarters. 1944

Avalanche victim aided by St Bernards
At the Hospice du Grand Saint- Bernard (2472m), dogs are trained to rescue unfortunate travellers who lose their way in the darkness and snow on the Alpine pass

Ancient Irish Priests
A priest of the ancient Irish pagan religion, together with a heraldic bard, prepare to initiate an infant into the mysteries of their religion, watched by a symbolic dog. Date: early centuries AD

Priest of Oratory
Priest of the ORATORY - in France Date: 1848

11th Century Clergy
A Western European bishop, between a monk and a priest Date: 11th Century

Bj Vaughan / Vfair 1907
BERNARD JOHN VAUGHAN Jesuit priest Date: 1847 - 1922

Per Wieselgren
PER WIESELGREN Swedish priest and writer. Date: 1800 - 1971

Village Priest, Bretagne
The village priest, Bretagne Date: 1903

Scandinavian Pagans
Druid priest (drotte) and priestess (fola), of Denmark or Sweden equivalent to the Druids in Britain

The Pluralist, aided by his patron
A satirical comment on the rise of religious pluralism in the mid 19th century

The Yashima-ji Temple, Japan
Yashima-ji Temple, Japan. The main temple, which is said to have been built by the great Chinese priest Ganjin in the 8th century, is painted red and houses a Buddhist image of a seated Senju Kannon

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

Islay - Bowmore - Kilarrow Manse - the Priests house

French chaplain WWII
French chaplain of the Free French forces, Father Vital, with some of the French fishermen on the south coast of England

Hindu Temple - Trinidad
Hindu Temple and Priest, Trinidad. Nowadays, 25% of the population is Hindu

British Soldiers at Muslim Burial - Gallipoli
A group of British and Australian allied forces at Gallipoli in the Dardanelles witness a Muslim burial conducted by the local Imam (possibly the burial of a local assistant to their cause?)

Peasant revolt in Romania: types of the agrarian agitators
A page from the Illustrated London News showing the kind of Romanian people purported to be involved in the peasants revolt which began in March 1907

Argentina - Ranch (Estancia)
A Priest gives Holy Communion in the open air, at a Ranch (Estancia) in Argentina owned by Cynalewski in the Province of Buenos Aires

Mendicant Priest or Fakir - Hinduism - India

High Parsi Priest - India
The High Priest of the Parsis (Parsees) - the Zoroastrians - performing a religious ceremony

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

Tunisia - Carthage - Excavation of a Sarcophagus
The excavation of a Sarcophagus from a funeral pit / burial ground at the site of ancient Carthage, Tunisia

Philippines - Building a Church
The Van Scheut Mission building a Christian Church in the Philippines. The Van Scheut Mission was closely linked to the prominent Belgian priest Frank Verbiest

The Ashanti War (1873-74) - Lord Gifford and scouts on the A
Lord Gifford and advance scouts on the Adansi hills being warned by an Ashanti priest not to go forward. The second Ashanti War fought between, 1873-74, was between King Kofi Karikari

Pope Pius X as Cardinal
Pope Pius X (Giuseppe Sarto) pope and saint. Photographed earlier in life as Cardinal-Priest of Saint Bernardo alle Terme

Blessing the charging troops: A Russian priest on the field
From a painting by Frederic De Haenen

A Belgian Church service under German Guard; First World War
Illustration showing a Belgian priest reading Cardinal Merciers protest against deportations to his congregation, whilst a German soldier stands guard at the bottom of his pulpit, 1916

Father Matthew Leaving Cork for America, 1849
Engraving showing a dock-side scene in Cork as a crowd bid farewell to a popular priest, leaving for America

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