Holy water
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Holy water is water that has been blessed by a member of the clergy or a religious figure, or derived from a well or spring considered holy. The use for cleansing prior to a baptism and spiritual clea
A Thai student pouring the holy water on his two hands at Erawan shrine, Bangkok
An 1880 photograph of the Golden Temple, sacred pool and the nearby buildings
A Hindu public prayer in the river Ganges
Mouth-piece of the Zam Zam well in Masjid al-Haram
Holy water in Christianity
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In several Christian denominations, such as Catholicism, Lutheranism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy; holy water is water that has been sanctified by a priest for the purpose of ba
Holy water
…common in several religions, from Christianity to Sikhism. The use of holy water as a sacramental for protection against evil is common among Catholics, Eastern Christians, and some Protestants. One of the holiest sites in Sikhism, Harmandir Sahib, is surrounded by a pool of water called amritsar or amritsarovar (sarovar…
Bottles of water collected in 1930 from the River Jordan, at the site where Jesus Christ was believed to have been baptized by John the Baptist
A holy water container (stoup) at the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Rome
Saint Teresa of Avila, by Rubens, 1615
Vessel for holy water, with aspergillum, donation of Tsar Mikhail I Fyodorovich of Russia (Moscow, photo by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky)