A man walking with a Christ will return sign in Sydney, NSW

A man walking with a Christ will return sign in Sydney, NSW in September 2017

A statue of Jesus Christ on the Cross with a golden inscription in Hebrew letters on the Charles Bridge across the Vltava River in Prague, Czech Republic

A statue of Jesus Christ on the Cross with a golden inscription in Hebrew letters on the Charles Bridge across the Vltava River in Prague, Czech Republic in January 2014

A cross with Christ crucified on it in the Te Papa Museum in Wellington, New Zealand

A cross with Christ crucified on it in the Te Papa Museum in Wellington, New Zealand in January 2017

A Christ icon in a church in Istanbul, Turkey

A Christ icon in a church in Istanbul, Turkey in January 2014

A statue with Hebrew writing of Christ crucified on the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic

A statue with Hebrew writing of Christ crucified on the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic in February 2014. Entitled the Crucifix and the Calvary. (sousoší Kříže s Kalvárií) This sculpture is one of the most historically interesting sculptures on the bridge, which gradually gained its present appearance throughout many centuries. The original wooden crucifix was installed at this place soon after 1361 and probably destroyed by the Hussites in 1419. A new crucifix with a wooden corpus was erected in 1629 but was severely damaged by the Swedes towards the end of the Thirty Years' War. The remnants of this crucifix can be found in the lapidarium of the National Museum in Prague. This was replaced by another wooden Calvary which, in turn, was replaced with a metal version in 1657. Bought in Dresden, this crucifix was originally made in 1629 by H. Hillger based upon a design by W. E. Brohn. In 1666, two lead figures were added, but these were replaced in 1861 by the present sandstone statues by Emanuel Max, portraying the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist.

The golden Hebrew text on the crucifix was added in 1696. In 1696, the Prague authorities accused a local Jewish leader, one Elias Backoffen, of blasphemy. As his punishment he was ordered to raise the funds for purchasing of gold-plated Hebrew letters, placed around the head of the statue, spelling out "Holy, Holy, Holy, the Lord of Hosts," the Kedusha from the Hebrew prayer and originating in the vision from the Book of Isaiah. The inscription was a symbolic humiliation and degradation of Prague Jews, forcing them to pay for a set of golden letters referring to God and hung around the neck of the statue of Christ (information from Steven Plaut, The "Vav" from the Charles Bridge). A bronze tablet with explanatory text in Czech, English and Hebrew was mounted under the statue by the City of Prague in 2000. The tablet's placement came after an American Rabbi, Ronald Brown of Temple Beth Am in Merrick, New York was passing over the bridge and noted the possibly offensive nature of the placing of the text. Upon a direct request to the mayor, the tablet was soon placed off to the side of the statue.

The altar at a confirmation at a church in Canberra

The altar at a confirmation at a church in Canberra in July 2010

Christ on the Cross at a church in Canberra

Christ on the Cross at a church in Canberra in July 2010

Painting on the wall of a church in Istanbul

Painting on the wall of a church in Istanbul in January 2014

Nativity scene

Nativity scene at a grave in the Sandridge Memorial Gardens Cemetery at Mollymook on the New South Wales South Coast in August 2011

Christ on the Cross

Christ on the Cross at graves in the Sandridge Memorial Gardens Cemetery at Mollymook on the New South Wales South Coast in August 2011

Christ on the Cross

Sticker of Christ on the Cross with a Greek flag seen on a car windscreen in High Street, Prahran, Melbourne, in September 2010

Christ figure

Poster seen in Civic in Canberra in February 2011. A Christ figure

The Jesus tree

Jesus carved into a tree near the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra in January 2011

Christchurch Cathedral

The beautiful Christchurch Cathedral in Cathedral Square in Christchurch, New Zealand in November 2010

Jesus figure

Jesus on a t-shirt taken in Bangkok, Thailand in March 2010

Carrying the cross

Fresco inside the Christian Church in Santichon Village north west of Pai in northern Thailand in December 2009

Waverley Cemetery pt 2

Waverley Cemetery in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in September 2009

Waverley Cemetery pt 1

Waverley Cemetery in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in September 2009

Catholic school

Catholic convent in Coogee, Sydney taken in August 2009

Inside a church

Inside a church in Cebu City, Philippines, photographed in March 2009. The Basilica of Santo Niño, also called Basilica del Santo Niño, Basílica Minore del Santo Niño and formerly known as the San Agustin Church prior to its elevation as a Basilica Minore, is a 16th century church in the heart of Cebu City, Philippines. It is purportedly built on the exact spot where the image of the Santo Niño, a sculpture depicting Jesus as a black Holy Child, was found by Spanish conquistadors in 1565 preserved in a burned wooden box which was left behind during the 1521 Magellan expedition. Very impressive.