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Aleppo Christians Mark Feast of the Cross

A worshipper lights candles during the Feast of the Cross in Aleppo, Syria on September 14, 2025. The sacred occasion brings together Christian communities to honor the cross as a symbol of light, peace, and renewed faith. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erbil Dervishes Celebrate Prophets Birth - Iraq

An elder worshipper prays during a ceremony at the Sheikh Abdul Karim Tekiye in Toorq, Erbil, Iraq on August 31, 2025. Members of the order gathered to celebrate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. The anniversary was marked with hymns and acts of devotion. Photo by Omar Karim/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erbil Dervishes Celebrate Prophets Birth - Iraq

A worshipper closes his eyes in prayer at the Sheikh Abdul Karim Tekiye in Toorq, Erbil, Iraq on August 31, 2025. Members of the order gathered to celebrate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. The anniversary was marked with hymns and acts of devotion. Photo by Omar Karim/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrian Christians Celebrate Christmas Eve At Olive Church - Damascus

A Christian worshipper receives communion as he attends the Christmas Eve Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition, also known as the Olive Church, in Damascus on December 24, 2024. Syria's rulers, who toppled Assad's government on December 8 have since sought to assure religious and ethnic minorities that their rights would be upheld. But for some in the Christian community of several hundred thousands, the promises made by the new Islamist leadership have done little to soothe their fears in a country scarred by years of civil war. Photo by Osama Al Maqdoni/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrian Christians Celebrate Christmas Eve At Olive Church - Damascus

A Christian worshipper lights a candle as he attends the Christmas Eve Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition, also known as the Olive Church, in Damascus on December 24, 2024. Syria's rulers, who toppled Assad's government on December 8 have since sought to assure religious and ethnic minorities that their rights would be upheld. But for some in the Christian community of several hundred thousands, the promises made by the new Islamist leadership have done little to soothe their fears in a country scarred by years of civil war. Photo by Osama Al Maqdoni/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrian Christians Celebrate Christmas Eve At Olive Church - Damascus

A Christian worshipper receives communion as he attends the Christmas Eve Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition, also known as the Olive Church, in Damascus on December 24, 2024. Syria's rulers, who toppled Assad's government on December 8 have since sought to assure religious and ethnic minorities that their rights would be upheld. But for some in the Christian community of several hundred thousands, the promises made by the new Islamist leadership have done little to soothe their fears in a country scarred by years of civil war. Photo by Osama Al Maqdoni/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrian Christians Celebrate Christmas Eve At Olive Church - Damascus

A Christian worshipper receives communion as she attends the Christmas Eve Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition, also known as the Olive Church, in Damascus on December 24, 2024. Syria's rulers, who toppled Assad's government on December 8 have since sought to assure religious and ethnic minorities that their rights would be upheld. But for some in the Christian community of several hundred thousands, the promises made by the new Islamist leadership have done little to soothe their fears in a country scarred by years of civil war. Photo by Osama Al Maqdoni/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrian Christians Celebrate Christmas Eve At Olive Church - Damascus

A Christian worshipper lights a candle as he attends the Christmas Eve Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition, also known as the Olive Church, in Damascus on December 24, 2024. Syria's rulers, who toppled Assad's government on December 8 have since sought to assure religious and ethnic minorities that their rights would be upheld. But for some in the Christian community of several hundred thousands, the promises made by the new Islamist leadership have done little to soothe their fears in a country scarred by years of civil war. Photo by Osama Al Maqdoni/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stations of the Cross procession in Paris

A worshipper attends a Stations of the Cross procession performed by Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit on Good Friday in front of Sacre Coeur Basilica in Paris on March 29, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Women's entry into Shinto priesthood increasing

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 10, 2014 shows Mihoko Ishii (L), a female chief priest serving at the Suwa Shrine in Nambu, Aomori Prefecture, talking with a female worshipper and another priest at the shine.

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Restored Black Madonna statue returns to Yamagata church

TSURUOKA, Japan - A Catholic worshipper offers flowers to the renovated image of the Virgin Mary at the Tsuruoka Catholic Church in the city of Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, on April 4. The Black Madonna statue, a gift from France in the early 1900s, was returned to the church earlier in the day after undergoing extensive restoration work at Tohoku University of Art and Design.

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No connection between Orlando shooter and Syria suicide attacker: Mosque spokesperson

Adel Nefzi, spokesman of the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce, speaks to reporters at the mosque in Fort Pierce, Florida, on June 13, 2016, a day after U.S. citizen Omar Mateen, a former worshipper there, killed 49 people and injured another 53 in a mass shooting in Orlando, Florida. Regarding questions of a link between Mateen and another former worshipper, who became the first American to commit a suicide bomb attack in Syria in 2014, Nefzi said he does not believe there was any kind of connection between the two individuals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Restored Black Madonna statue returns to Yamagata church

TSURUOKA, Japan - A Catholic worshipper offers flowers to the renovated image of the Virgin Mary at the Tsuruoka Catholic Church in the city of Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, on April 4. The Black Madonna statue, a gift from France in the early 1900s, was returned to the church earlier in the day after undergoing extensive restoration work at Tohoku University of Art and Design. (Kyodo)

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Spiral-shaped incense at temple in Vietnam

A man has a spiral-shaped incense with the name tag of a worshipper dangle from the ceiling of a temple in the Chinatown area of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on May 2, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo