Mizrah
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Mizrah is the "east" and the direction that Jews in the Diaspora west of Israel face during prayer. Practically speaking, Jews face the city of Jerusalem when praying, and those north, east, or south
Mizrah papercut, Eastern Europe, 19th century (from Pidkamin, Ukraine)
Framed mizrach with the word מזרח on the wall (Jan Voerman, De treurdagen 'the sorrowful days', c. 1884)
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
Mizrah
…qiblah (Arabic: قِـبْـلَـة, direction of prayer), before it was permanently changed in the second Hijri year (624 CE) to Mecca. Direction of prayer Ad orientem, the Christian direction of prayer; alternative for Catholic priests: versus populum Qibla, the Muslim direction of prayer Qiblih, the Baháʼí direction…
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