Ad orientem
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Ad orientem, meaning 'to the east' in Ecclesiastical Latin, is a phrase used to describe the eastward orientation of Christian prayer and Christian worship, comprising the preposition ad and oriens, p
A 15th-century bishop celebrates Mass ad orientem, facing in the same direction as the people
Tridentine Mass, celebrated regularly ad orientem
A Christian cross hanging on the eastern wall of a modern house, indicating the eastward direction towards which prayer is focused
Eastern Orthodox Christian pilgrims making prostrations at Golgotha in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
Qiblih
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In the Baháʼí Faith, the Qiblih is the location to which Baháʼís face when saying their daily obligatory prayers. The Qiblih is fixed at the Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh, near Acre, in present-day Israel; ap
The Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh near Acre, Israel, the Qiblih and holiest site on Earth for Baháʼís
The shortest direction to the Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh from all over the world (Azimuthal equidistant projection, showing the great circles)