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

Coronation of the Virgin Mary, Basilica of Fatima, Fatima, Estremadura, Portugal, Europe

Painting of the Nativity, St. Anthony Coptic church, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

The flight into Egypt, St. Anthony Coptic church, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Marriage of Joseph and Mary, Loreto church sculpture, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

Sculpture of Jesus meeing his mother on the Via Dolorosa on the Notre Dame door, Saint-Pierre de Montmartre church, Paris, France, Europe

Sculpture depicting the Visitation with Mary and Elizabeth on the door of the Annunciation Basilica, Nazareth, Galilee, Israel, Middle East

Stained glass depicting Sainte Therese de Lisieux healed by Mary in Notre-Dame-de-la-Trinite church, Bois, Loir-et-Cher, France, Europe

Sculpture of the wedding of Joseph and Mary on the door of the Annunciation Basilica, Nazareth, Galilee, Israel, Middle East

Sculpture of the Nativity on the Notre Dame door, Saint-Pierre de Montmartre church, Paris, France, Europe

Sculpture of Jesus taken down from the cross, on the Notre Dame door, Saint-Pierre de Montmartre church, Paris, France, Europe

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

Statue of Mary holding baby Jesus, Punta Secca, Santa Croce Camerina, Sicily, Italy

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

A young girl sitting against the walls of Bet Medhane Alem (Church of the World Savior) in Lalibela, Ethiopia

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

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

Figure of the Virgin Mary with baby Jesus and wreath of stars, Wangen im Allgaeu, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

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

Forth relief, Stations of the Cross to Dusenbach monastery, Jesus meeting his mother, Ribeauville, Alsace, France, Europe

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

Interior Fresco, St George Church Mirauti, 1375; Suceava, Suceava County, Romania

Interior Fresco, St George Church Mirauti, 1375; Suceava, Suceava County, Romania

Fresco, Gate Church of the Resurrection (1670), Kremlin, Golden Ring; Rostov Veliky, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia

Fresco, Gate Church of the Resurrection (1670), Kremlin, Golden Ring; Rostov Veliky, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia

Fresco, Church of St Anthony, reconstructed in 1673, Old Town Bucharest; Bucharest, Romania

Flags and statuary decorate a colorful roadside altar in a desolate region of northern Chile. Shrines or animitas are a common tradition of memorials that mark the site where someone died. People who are not related to the person who was killed can offer a prayer at the animita, in this way, animitas can take the roles of popular saints in the Catholic religion, Pan American Highway, Chile

Fresco, Gate-Church of the Resurrection (1670), Kremlin, Golden Ring; Rostov Veliky, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia

Interior Fresco, St George Church Mirauti, 1375; Suceava, Suceava County, Romania

Interior fresco, Church of the Holy Cross, 1487; Patrauti, Suceava County, Romania

Interior fresco, Church of the Holy Cross, 1487; Patrauti, Suceava County, Romania

Fresco, Transfiguration Cathedral, Monastery of St Euthymius; Suzdal, Vladimir Oblast, Russia