Sentence examples for main altar from inspiring English sources

His remains lie in a grave under the main altar.

John Cardinal O'Connor performed the ceremony at the cathedral's main altar.

The Virgin Mary, clothed in splendid garments, is placed high above the main altar.

Candles flicker in front of the main altar, and prayer flags adorn a large tree outside.

"The entire main altar is destroyed," said Nunzio Cazzetta, a trustee at St. Edward's.

The sculpture was in a niche to a side of the elaborate main altar by Alonso Berruguete.

"It becomes the center of attention, when the center of attention should be at the main altar," he said.

But an hour later bright embers were still showering from the bared roof supports onto the main altar below.

We went there to see the remnants of the main altar, which was blown up in April last year.

The nave of the basilica was packed, from Bernini's bronze baldachin over the main altar to the back wall.

Monica Estrada and Lt. Daniel Browne were married Saturday at the main altar of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York.