Religious ceremonies - TRAVELLERS' VIEWS - Places – Monuments – People Southeastern Europe – Eastern Mediterranean – Greece – Asia Minor

The interior of the Patriarchal Church of St. George in Phanar (Fener), during service given by the four patriarchs (of Constantinople, Jerusalem, Alexandria and Antioch).

Dervishes dancing in Istanbul teke.

Procession, probably in Istanbul.

Procession on Panepistimiou street.

Ceremonial procession and sacrifice in ancient Greece.

Lamenting women in Ramla.

Sutlan Ahmed III in ceremonial costume on Bayram day.

Greek bishop giving his blessing.

Greek priest. Bishop blessing the waters on Epiphany day.

Greek priests in sacerdotal costume.

The tomb of Grand Master Robert de Julliac in the Franciscan church which was converted into a mosque, adjacent to the public baths of Rhodes (Yeni Hamam). Muslim people preparing to pray at the mosque.

Turkish woman waters the flowers of her husband's grave.

Wedding ceremony, most probably of Ottomans of higher rank.

Interior view of the mosque of Sultan Suleiman I.

Dancing dervishes of the Mevlevi Order, in the Tekes of Pera (Istanbul).

Ottomans slaughtering a lamb in preparation for the Bayram.

Exorcisms and torture on apostates and fugitives.

Signet with sacrifiial scene from Kerch, Crimea.

Procession on the Day of Corpus Christi, in which Venetian senators bid the pigrims to the Holy Land farewell.

Memorial service on Saturday of the Souls, Athens.

The procession of Agios Spyridonas at Spianada, in the town of Corfu.

The procession of August 15th (Dormition of the Virgin), Tinos.

Offering to a goddess in the inner court of a house or temple (imaginary reconstruction).

View of quarries in Syracuse. At the time of the author's visit, the quarry was within the garden of the Capuchin monastery.

Festivities on the eve of the Olympic games at ancient Elis (imaginary representation).The author praises the peaceful character of the inhabitants of Elis compared to the other Peloponnesians.

Imaginary reconstruction of the interior of the Parthenon.

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Religious ceremonies (26 Subjects)