Mosaic depicting Mary giving birth to Jesus Christ in Kariye Camii (Holy Saviour in Chora church ), Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Mother Church , Holy Mary Assumed into Heaven, Gela, Caltanisetta, Sicily, Italy

Mother Church , Holy Mary Assumed into Heaven, Gela, Caltanisetta, Sicily, Italy

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

Mother Church , Holy Mary Assumed into Heaven, Gela, Caltanisetta, Sicily, Italy

Cathedral of the Most Holy Mary of the Visitation, Enna, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Early 12th Century Frescoes in Bet Maryam, St. Mary's Church, Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa *** Local Caption *** Lalibela and its rock-hewn churches rank among the greatest religio-historical sites not only in Africa but in the Christian World

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

Catholic church, Rosary and crucifix, praying the rosary, Hail Mary full of grace, Vietnam

Church of the Most Holy Name of Mary at the Trajan Forum and Trajan's Column, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

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

Trajan's column and forum, dome of St. Maria di Loreto (left) and SS.Nome di Maria, Rome, Unesco World Heritage Site, Latium, Italy, Europe

The Basilica del Voto Nacional, a Catholic Cathedral, begun in 1887, Quito, Ecuador, South America

Church of the Most Holy Name of Mary at the Trajan Forum and Trajan's Column, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Trajan's column between dome of St. Maria di Loreto (left) and SS.Nome di Maria, Rome, Unesco World Heritage Site, Latium, Italy, Europe

Trajan's Column and Forum, Dome of St. Maria di Loreto, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Holy Spirit, Maria am Gestade church (Mary at the Shore), Vienna, Austria, Europe

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

Our Lady of Constantinople, Co-cathedral of Ruvo di Puglia, Ruvo di Puglia, Bari, Apulia, Italy

Descent of the Holy Spirit, Our Lady of the Assumption church, Cordon, Haute-Savoie, France, Europe

Pilgrim sits in early morning sun reading his Holy Bible at entrance doors to Bet Maryam church (St. Mary's), believed to be the oldest rock hewn church in Lalibela, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa

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

Holy Family stained glass in Sainte Clotilde church, Paris, France, Europe

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

Ethiopia the maryam feast, feast of mary, at axum. Woman reading scriptures, inside the church of saint mary of zion

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.

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

Apse of Monreale Cathedral, Monreale, near Palermo, Sicily, Italy

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

Florence Cathedral, Cattedrale Di Santa Maria Del Fiore, Giotto,??s tower, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

The baptistry and cathedral, Piazza del Duomo, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

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

Florence Cathedral, mosaic of Jesus Christ above main entrance, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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

Dome of Palermo Cathedral and statue of Saint Rosalia, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

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

Dome of Santuario Maria Santisima Addolorata, Chiesa Dell Addolorata, Piazza Dell Addolorata, Marsala, Sicily, Italy

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

Church of Sainte Marie Majeure, Calvi, Haute-Corse, Corsica, France

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

Icons of Holy Mary, Mother of God, Maria Weissenstein pilgrimage church, Petersberg, Deutschnofen, South Tyrol, Italy

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

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

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

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

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

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

Monument of queen Saint Isabela next to church of Saint Mary, Estremoz, Evora, Portugal, 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

Religious decoration made of copper, greek orthodox convent of our Lady of Saidnaya, Sednaya, Syria

Modern granite Pieta in front of the Gothic cathedral of Saint-Paul Aurelien, Saint-Pol-de-Leon, department of Finistere Penn ar Bed, region of Brittany Breizh, France, Europe

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

Chapel of St Mary Magdalene, Cappella Santa Maria Maddalena e Santa Caterina d'Alessandria, also known as Capella Chaffaux, Bardonecchia, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

Chapel of St Mary Magdalene, Cappella Santa Maria Maddalena e Santa Caterina d'Alessandria, also known as Capella Chaffaux, Bardonecchia, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

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

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

Luesen Luson in The Val di Luson Luesener Tal under the Plose near Brixen Southern Tyrol Alto Adige Italy church St. George Lourdes Mary

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

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

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

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

Figure of Mary with crown, infant Jesus and sacrificial candles, Church of St. Martin in Blaichach, Allgaeu, Bavaria, 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

Porcelain relief of a saint in Lincoln Cathedral or St. Mary's Cathedral, 12th and 13th Century, Gothic-Romanesque, Minster Yard, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK, Europe

Russische Kapelle Russian Orthodox church of St. Mary, Mathildenhoehe, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany, 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

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

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

Jesus and Maria

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