A Holy Door (Latin: Porta Sancta) is traditionally an entrance portal located within the Papal major basilicas in Rome. The doors are normally sealed...

announced that the Holy Doors in the four major basilicas would be opened simultaneously, and that he himself would open the Holy Door of Saint Peter's...

2024, with Francis knocking on the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican from his wheelchair. The door was swung open and Francis rolled through...

The holy door in St. John Lateran was opened by the pope the following day, and that of St. Mary Major on 1 January 2000. The fourth holy door, that...

Ludovico Consorti (1902–1979) was an Italian sculptor who built the bronze Holy Door in St. Peter's Basilica in 1950. In 1980, a year after his death, he received...

for the first time holy doors were opened in single dioceses, either in the cathedral or in historical churches. The first holy door was opened by Pope...

The Holy Door (Spanish: Puerta Santa, Galician: Porta Santa), also known as the Door of Forgiveness (Galician: Porta do Perdón), is located at the rear...

rite for the closing of a holy door, as well. On the Feast of the Epiphany in 1501, two cardinals began to seal the holy door with two bricks, one silver...

The royal doors, holy doors, or beautiful gates are the central doors of the iconostasis in an Eastern Orthodox or Eastern Catholic church. The sanctuary...

stretches across the building. One of the decorated bronze doors leading from the narthex is the Holy Door, only opened during jubilees. The interior dimensions...

monastery's main church) one may find iconostases with only two doors: the Holy Doors and the North Door. These churches are used for simpler monastic observances...

to access the cathedral through the Holy Door, which is opened only on the occasion of the Holy Year. The Holy Year of Compostela was established in...

the cathedral through this door, hence its name, and the royal coat of arms on its lintel. The holy door (Porta Santa) or Door of Forgiveness (Porta do...

1375. These are the four major Papal Basilicas in Rome. Each contains a Holy Door, opened only during official Jubilee years. Sanctuary of Our Lady of Divine...

part of the celebrations, a holy door was constructed—the second outside Europe and only the eighth in the world. The holy door was opened on December 8...

the opening of the Holy Door and the consecration of churches, during which the pope "took hold of the staff to knock on the door three times and to trace...

Botafumeiro may be swung. During a Jacobean Holy Year, pilgrims may enter the cathedral through the Holy Door (Porta Santa) to gain a plenary indulgence...

Chalking the door is a Christian Epiphanytide tradition used to bless one's home. The practice of chalking the door originated in medieval Europe, though...

place within the basilica, just to the right of the entrance, between the holy door and the altar of Saint Sebastian, and is now protected by a bulletproof...

church must always keep its doors open so no one is excluded from God's mercy. The bull is the fundamental document for the Holy Year that outlines the overall...

great churches of Rome, which among other distinctions have a special holy door and to which a visit is always prescribed as one of the conditions for...

of Jean-Bédel Bokassa (Bokassa I) in 1977 and the opening of the first holy door of the Catholic Church's Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy on 29 November...

indulgence to all pilgrims visiting Santa Maria di Collemaggio through its holy door on the anniversary of his papal coronation. The Celestinian forgiveness...

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custodian of the keys of the Holy Sepulchre) Nuseibeh family Archived 22 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine (Muslim Holy Sepulchre door keepers) St. James Brotherhood[usurped]...

the holy doors by two sub-deacons (his peers, analogous to the two deacons who so present a priest-elect), is escorted three times around the Holy Table...

On the right is the Holy Door, which is opened only during the Jubilees. On the inside is a second door, known as the Byzantine door, which was present...

The cathedral in 1911 During the 2011 White Night festival The holy door for the Holy Year of Mercy, 2015-2016 Cathedral in Burgos, Spain Side of the...

(chasuble). When it comes time for the Great Doxology the deacon opens the Holy Doors, and the priest raises his hands orans and exclaims: "Glory to Thee, Who...

Orthodox church in Romania, looking through the doorway into the nave and Holy Doors. Side view of a narthex in an Eastern Orthodox temple. In the center is...