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January 2012

Martin Luther on a stained glass window in Slovenia.

February 2012

Theotokos of Vladimir is one of the most venerated Orthodox icons and a typical example of Eleusa Byzantine iconography. The Theotokos (Greek word for Virgin Mary, literally meaning "Birth-Giver of God") is regarded as the holy protectress of Russia. The icon is displayed in the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

March 2012

Exhibition of Catholic liturgical objects (monstrance, ciborium, paten, ampullas) in the church of Saint-Paul (Lyon, France).

April 2012

Dove of the Holy Spirit (c.1660) stained glass by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, located in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome.

May 2012

One of many works of art patterned after Leonardo Da Vinci's The Last Supper, one of the most studied and best known works of art in the west.

June 2012

Christus Pantocrator, meaning "Christ Enthroned," an Eastern style icon in the apsis of the cathedral of Cefalù, Sicily.

July 2012

Samples of Catholic religious objects—The Holy Bible, a Crucifix, and a Rosary.

August 2012

An illustration of Revelation 22:17 (King James' Version), from page 366 of the 1880 omnibus printing of The Sunday at Home.

September 2012

Full-length image of the Shroud of Turin before the 2002 restoration.

October 2012

Ceiling of the Baptismal font of the Cathedral in Milan, Italy, projected by Pellegrino Tibaldi. It displays a painting of God the Father above the Holy Spirit.

November 2012

The Creation of Adam is a fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo circa 1511.

December 2012

A stained glass illustration of the Nativity of Jesus.
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