This article is about Holy Doors in the Roman Catholic tradition. For holy doors in the Eastern Orthodox or Greek-Catholic traditions, see Royal doors.
Holy Door by Vico Consorti at the Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry during its constructionThe Holy Door by Vico Consorti, cast by Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry of Florence, is the northernmost entrance of Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. It is cemented shut and only opened for Jubilee Years.Rear of the Holy Door. Contained inside are several medals and canonical documents from the Pontificate during which the door was last opened. Following the end of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, the door is now sealed.
A Holy Door (Latin: Porta Sancta) is traditionally an entrance portal located within the Papal major basilicas in Rome. The doors are normally sealed by mortar and cement from the inside so that they cannot be opened. They are ceremoniously opened during Jubilee years designated by the Pope, for pilgrims who enter through those doors may piously gain the plenary indulgences attached with the Jubilee year celebrations.
In October 2015, Pope Francis expanded the tradition by having each Roman Catholic diocese throughout the world designate one or more local Holy Doors during the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, so that Catholics could gain the plenary indulgences granted during the Jubilee year without having to travel to Rome.
A HolyDoor (Latin: Porta Sancta) is traditionally an entrance portal located within the Papal major basilicas in Rome. The doors are normally sealed...
Vico Consorti (1902–1979) was an Italian sculptor who built the bronze HolyDoor in St. Peter's Basilica in 1950. In 1980, a year after his death, he received...
announced that the doors in the four major basilicas would be opened simultaneously, and that he himself would open the HolyDoor of Saint Peter's. The...
rite for the closing of a holydoor, as well. On the Feast of the Epiphany in 1501, two cardinals began to seal the holydoor with two bricks, one silver...
for the first time holydoors were opened in single dioceses, either in the cathedral or in historical churches. The first holydoor was opened by Pope...
The royal doors, holydoors, or beautiful gates are the central doors of the iconostasis in an Eastern Orthodox or Eastern Catholic church. The sanctuary...
the cathedral through this door, hence its name, and the royal coat of arms on its lintel. The holydoor (Porta Santa) or Door of Forgiveness (Porta do...
1375. These are the four major Papal Basilicas in Rome. Each contains a HolyDoor, opened only during official Jubilee years. Sanctuary of Our Lady of Divine...
monastery's main church) one may find iconostases with only two doors: the HolyDoors and the North Door. These churches are used for simpler monastic observances...
the Holy Sepulchre) Nuseibeh family (Muslim Holy Sepulchre door keepers) St. James Brotherhood (Armenian custodians) Virtual tours Church of the Holy Sepulchre...
Botafumeiro may be swung. During a Jacobean Holy Year, pilgrims may enter the cathedral through the HolyDoor (Porta Santa) to gain a plenary indulgence...
the opening of the HolyDoor and the consecration of churches, during which the pope "took hold of the staff to knock on the door three times and to trace...
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...
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great churches of Rome, which among other distinctions have a special holydoor and to which a visit is always prescribed as one of the conditions for...
the holydoors 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...
indulgence to all pilgrims visiting Santa Maria di Collemaggio through its holydoor on the anniversary of his papal coronation. The Celestinian forgiveness...
Orthodox church in Romania, looking through the doorway into the nave and HolyDoors. Side view of a narthex in an Eastern Orthodox temple. In the center is...
On the right is the HolyDoor, which is opened only during the Jubilees. On the inside is a second door, known as the Byzantine door, which was present...
heading towards St. Peter's Basilica on the occasion of the opening of the HolyDoor by the Pope. It is one of the oldest events in the world dating back to...
would take pilgrims up a large flight of stairs to approach it. Without door valves, the three large arches were decorated with angels and foliage and...
The cathedral in 1911 During the 2011 White Night festival The holydoor for the Holy Year of Mercy, 2015-2016 Catholic Church in Spain Roman Catholic...
service, just before his receipt of Holy Communion. The sovereign and his consort were escorted to the HolyDoors (Iconostasis) of the cathedral and jointly...
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