Mosaic of the Virgin and Child, interior of Hagia Sophia (Aya Sofya Mosque) (The Church of Holy Wisdom), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin, Vitoslavlitsy Museum of Wooden Architecture, Veliky Novgorod, Novgorod Oblast, Russia, Europe

Virgin Mary on Baroque Altar, Mauer bei Melk church, Mauer bei Melk, Lower Austria, Europe

Church of the Holy Virgin, mural frescos by Zahari Zograf, Troyan Monastery, Bulgaria, Europe

Holy Virgin of Smolensk Church, The Holy Trinity Saint Sergius Lavra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sergiev Posad, Russia, Europe

Church of the Holy Virgin, mural frescos by Zahari Zograf, Troyan Monastery, Bulgaria, Europe

Church of the Holy Virgin, mural frescos by Zahari Zograf, Troyan Monastery, Bulgaria, Europe

Orthodox Church of the Holy Virgin, Shiroka Laka, Bulgaria, Europe

View of Holy Church of the Dormition of the Virgin, Kavala, Dimos Kavalas, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Gulf of Thasos, Gulf of Kavala, Thracian Sea, Greece, Europe

View of Holy Church of the Dormition of the Virgin, Kavala, Dimos Kavalas, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Gulf of Thasos, Gulf of Kavala, Thracian Sea, Greece, Europe

View of Holy Church of the Virgin Mary Mandrakina from Garden of the People in Corfu Town, Corfu, Ionian Sea, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Statue of the Virgin Mary and the Neues Rathaus, Marienplatz, Munich (Munchen / Muenchen), Bavaria (Bayern), Germany

The Virgin receiving the Holy Spirit,, St. Nicolas de Veroce church, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Painting of the Virgin Mary in the Holy Land in the Visitation church in Ein Kerem, Israel, Middle East

Old church (Dormition of the Holy Virgin Mary), Sinaia Monastery, Wallachia, Romania, Europe

Virgin and Holy Ghost in Saint-Nicolas de Veroce church, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Inside Basílica de Santa María la Real de Covadonga catholic church in Cangas de Onis, Picos de Europa, Asturias, Spain, Europe. In 1777 a fire destroyed the old temple, which stood adjacent to the Holy Cave where Our Lady of Covadonga is revered. It was then decided to raise a new church as a monumental sanctuary, raising donations from all of Spain; the plan was opposed by the local council, as the canons wanted to rebuild the temple of the Holy Cave and build an ambitious sanctuary that had once been designed by Ventura Rodríguez, but never completed. One century later, the project was resumed by King Alfonso XII of Spain, who was interested in completing this work. The classic design of Ventura Rodríguez was very difficult and expensive and was replaced by a new neo-Medieval design.

Our Lady of Covadonga. The Blessed Virgin Mary, and a Marian shrine devoted to her at Basílica de Santa María la Real de Covadonga catholic church in Cangas de Onis, Picos de Europa, Asturias, Spain, Europe. In 1777 a fire destroyed the old temple, which stood adjacent to the Holy Cave where Our Lady of Covadonga is revered. It was then decided to raise a new church as a monumental sanctuary, raising donations from all of Spain; the plan was opposed by the local council, as the canons wanted to rebuild the temple of the Holy Cave and build an ambitious sanctuary that had once been designed by Ventura Rodríguez, but never completed. One century later, the project was resumed by King Alfonso XII of Spain, who was interested in completing this work. The classic design of Ventura Rodríguez was very difficult and expensive and was replaced by a new neo-Medieval design.

Flower offering parade,People with Floral tributes to `Virgen de los desamparados´, Fallas festival,Plaza Decimo Junio Bruto,Valencia

Flower offering parade,People with Floral tributes to `Virgen de los desamparados��, Fallas festival,carrer del Micalet street,Valencia

Flower offering parade,People with Floral tributes to `Virgen de los desamparados��, Fallas festival,carrer del Micalet street,Valencia

Flower offering parade,People with Floral tributes to `Virgen de los desamparados��, Fallas festival,carrer del Micalet street,Valencia

Flower offering parade,People with Floral tributes to `Virgen de los desamparados��, Fallas festival,carrer del Micalet street,Valencia

Flower offering parade,People with Floral tributes to `Virgen de los desamparados��, Fallas festival, Plav�a de l��Almoina square,Valencia

Holy Week processions in Guatemala city. Holy Thursday. Comparsa. Holy Week in Guatemala is celebrated with street expressions of faith, called processions, usually organized by a "hermandades". Each procession of Holy Week has processional floats and steps, which are often religious images of the Passion of Christ, or Marian images, although there are exceptions, like the allegorical steps of saints.

Holy Week processions in Guatemala city. Holy Thursday. Holy Week in Guatemala is celebrated with street expressions of faith, called processions, usually organized by a "hermandades". Each procession of Holy Week has processional floats and steps, which are often religious images of the Passion of Christ, or Marian images, although there are exceptions, like the allegorical steps of saints.

Parish Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also known as Church of Saint Mary, Mosta, Malta

Dormition of the Virgin Mary Church, also known as Assumption of Mary Orthodox Church, Pyrgi, Chios, Greece

Wall painting inside the Holy Monastery of Varlaam, Meteora, Thessaly, Greece

Dormition of the Virgin Mary Church, also known as Assumption of Mary Orthodox Church, Pyrgi, Chios, Greece

Notre Dame Cathedral and statue of Virgin Mary, Ho Chi Minh City, (Saigon), Vietnam

Religious mosaic on front of Saint Uspensky Sobor Russian Orthodox Assumption Cathedral, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Flower offering parade,People with Floral tributes to `Virgen de los desamparados��, Fallas festival,carrer del Micalet street,Valencia

Replica of the grotto at the Lady of the Lourdes shrine in the Convent of the Concepcionistas. Viveiro, Lugo, Galicia, Spain, Europe

Adoration of the Magi painting, Saint Bartholomew,??s Church, Park Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Virgen de Covadonga, Virgin Mary at the holy cave Santa Cueva de Covadonga, Covadonga, Picos de Europa, Province of Asturias, Principality of Asturias, Northern Spain, Spain, Europe

Image of St. Mary on ornate ceramic tiles, outside walls of a church in Seville, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Famous church of pilgrimage La Basilica de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, Mexico City, Mexico, Central America

Seventeenth-century votive image depicting the Siege of Donauwoerth, Hl. Kreuz Gruftkapelle Church, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Votive image of 1818 from the Friedolfing Parish which was surprised by a thunderstorm in Maria Eck, Maria Geburt Pilgrimage Church, Maria Eck near Siegsdorf village, Chiemgau, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Baroque "Basilica Minor", Church of Visitation of Virgin Mary, on Svaty Kopecek, Holy Hill, near Olomouc, Czech Republic, Europe

Baroque statues of saints, Baroque "Basilica Minor", Church of Visitation of Virgin Mary, on Svaty Kopecek, Holy Hill, near Olomouc, Czech Republic, Europe

Baroque "Basilica Minor", Church of Visitation of Virgin Mary, on Svaty Kopecek, Holy Hill, near Olomouc, Czech Republic, Europe

Baroque "Basilica Minor", Church of Visitation of Virgin Mary, on Svaty Kopecek, Holy Hill, near Olomouc, Czech Republic, Europe

Window mosaic depicting the birth of Christ at Catherine's Church, Bethlehem, West Bank, Israel, Middle East, the Orient

Crowned Madonna sanctuary, Santuario Madre di Dio Incoronata, architect Luigi Vagnetti, 1965, Foggia, Puglia, Apulia, Italy, Europe

Altar in the Armenian Orthodox church of St. Hripsime with Virgin Mary and Jesus, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Echmiadzin, Armenia, Asia

Madonna with halo, pilgrimage church and Basilica Maria Plain, Salzburg, Austria, Europe

Baroque altar with sheltering-cloak Madonna, Maria-Schutz-Kirche church of the Protection, Fischbachau, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Marienaltar altar, 15th to 16th century, in the Marienkirche church, Velden an der Pegnitz, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Inner shot of the Notre Dame Cathedral, Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Cathedrale Notre-Dame, Unesco World Heritage, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, Europe

Devotional grotto with Madonna and votive candles in the courtyard of the Basilika Goessweinstein basilica, Balthasar-Neumann-Strasse 7, Goessweinstein, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Mary and Jesus figure in wood, St.-Elisabeth-Kirche church, Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Frescoes of the Virgin Mary in the apse, Church of the Virgin, Gelati Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutaisi, Imereti, Georgia, Western Asia

Altar in the Pilgrimage Church of Maria Gern in Berchtesgaden, Berchtesgadener Land, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Statue of the Virgin Mary, Virgen de Canelaria, patron saint of the Canary Islands archipelago, Basilica de Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria, Candelaria, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

Madonna with six fingers, miraculous image on the left side altar of the Pilgrimage Church of Maria Laach in Jauerling, Wachau, Waldviertel, Forest Quarter, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Virgin Mary Statue, Kraslavas Sveta Ludviga Romas katolu baznica, Kraslava St Ludvig Roman Catholic Church, Baznicas iela, Baznica Street, Kraslava, Latgale, Latvia, Northern Europe

Frescoes of the Virgin Mary in the apse, Church of the Virgin, Gelati Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutaisi, Imereti, Georgia, Western Asia

Detailed view, Cologne Cathedral main portal, west facade with restored gable, statue of Mary with baby Jesus in the centre, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Byzantine frescoes in a painted barn-roofed Greek Orthodox church, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Troodos Mountains, Cyprus

The Fugger Epitaph with the Virgin of the Protective Mantle, 14th century, Church of St. Sebald, Nuremberg, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Leaded glass window with figure of the Virgin Mary, Church of St. Blasius and Alexander, Altusried, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Gothic chapel in the choir ambulatory with statue of the Virgin Mary, former Benedictine abbey church Eglise Saint-Trophime, Arles, Bouches-du-Rhone department, Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur region, France, Mediterranean Sea, Europe

Notre Dame Catholic Cathedral, Nha Tho Duc Ba - Church of our Lady, with Madonna statue, in the back the Diamond Plaza Shopping Center, Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Southeast Asia

Madonna and child, Biserica Curtea Veche Church, St Anton Old Court Church, Bucharest, Romania, Eastern Europe

Greek church with red brick dome in a peaceful landscape under a blue sky, Church of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary, Karnezeika, Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece, Europe

Pieta in the Parish Church, Weissenkirchen in the Wachau, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Baroque "Basilica Minor", Church of Visitation of Virgin Mary, on Svaty Kopecek, Holy Hill, near Olomouc, Czech Republic, Europe

Portal of the Virgin Mary, Saint-Etienne Cathedral or St. Stephen's Cathedral, Metz, Moselle, France, Europe

Detail, high altar and image of the Virgin at the Baroque pilgrimage church in Hafnerberg, Triesingtal (Triesing Valley), Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Notre-Dame Cathedral, cycle rickshaw, in Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon, Vietnam, Asia

Miraculous image of the Virgin Mary in Loreto Chapel, pilgrimage church, Sanctuary of the Visitation, Rankweil, Vorarlberg, Austria, Europe

Image of the Virgin Mary at the Baroque pilgrimage church in Hafnerberg, Triesingtal (Triesing Valley), Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Statue of the Virgin Mary, St. Nicholas' Church, formerly the church of Brauweiler Abbey, a former Benedictine monastery, Brauweiler, Pulheim, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Holy Metropolitan Church and Greek Orthodox cathedral of presentation of the Virgin Mary in Chania, Crete, Greece in morning. Bright sunlight, blue sky. Frontal shot of facade, traditional christian architecture. Doors open for morning holy service

Frescoes in the Rosary Church, Maria Woerth at Woerthersee lake, Carinthia, Austria, Europe

Baroque "Basilica Minor", Church of Visitation of Virgin Mary, on Svaty Kopecek, Holy Hill, near Olomouc, Czech Republic, Europe

Maronite Our Lady of Lebanon St. Mary chapel and statue, Harissa, Lebanon, Middle East, West Asia

High altar, Pilgrimage Church of Maria Laach in Jauerling, Wachau, Waldviertel, Forest Quarter, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Sculpture in the yard of Dagdas Svetas Trisvienibas Romas katolu baznica, Dagda Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Alejas iela Street, Kraslava District, Latgale, Latvia, Northern Europe

Frescoes of the Virgin Mary in the apse, Church of the Virgin, Gelati Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutaisi, Imereti, Georgia, Western Asia

Virgin Mary statue, Madonna, Propsteikirche Church, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Jesus and Maria

Statue of The Virgin Mary, neoclassical cathedral, Salta, Argentina

Detail of the Madonna with halo, 1438, unknown artist, in the Sebalduskirche church, Sebalder Platz, Nuremberg, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church of the Dormition, Three Bells of Fira, Firostefani, Santorini, Greece, Europe

Miraculous Madonna, pilgrimage church of Maria Saal, Carinthia, Austria, Europe

St. Johanniskirche, St. John's church, with Johannisturm belfry, Romanesque, Marienbrunnen fountain, Schwaebisch Gmuend, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Kraslavas Sveta Ludviga Romas katolu baznica, Kraslava St Ludvig Roman Catholic Church, Baznicas iela Street, Kraslava, Latgale, Latvia, Northern Europe

Virgin Mary Statue, Kraslavas Sveta Ludviga Romas katolu baznica, Kraslava St Ludvig Roman Catholic Church, Baznicas iela Street, Kraslava, Latgale, Latvia, Northern Europe

Pieta, pilgrimage church Maria Schnee, Legau, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Virgin Mary in a grotto outside the Church of St. George, Kirchplatz, Boebing, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Virgin Mary Statue, Kraslavas Sveta Ludviga Romas katolu baznica, Kraslava St Ludvig Roman Catholic Church, Baznicas iela Street, Kraslava, Latgale, Latvia, Northern Europe

Holy Maria in merano

Parish Church of St. Andrew and St. Mary's Column, Marienplatz square in Wolfratshausen, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Statue of Mary and Dome, La Merced Church, Granada, Nicaragua, Central America

Facade of the Russian Orthodox Kazan cathedral, Red Square, Moscow, Russia

Christian depiction, Mary, Jesus, Spanish tiles, painting, Nuestra Senora de los Angeles, monastery, church, Javea, Costa Blanca, Alicante, Spain, Europe

Pilgrimage Church of Maria Steinbach, Maria Steinbach, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe