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The Catholic service, conducted in Armenian, was open-casket, allowing mourners a final chance to say goodbye as they filed by the altar at the conclusion of the ceremony.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Torches lit the way for the 30-year-old groom, known by the callsign Ice, and the 32-year-old bride, Khomochka, through the woods to the altar as fellow soldiers formed a guard of honour.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

There, on the banks of the Almone, he finds the Bosco Sacro, a “sacred grove” composed of “several ancient holm pines arranged in a perfect circle” around what must once have been a pagan altar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

They are evangelists who worship at its Texas toast–padded altar.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

Ben swung his body toward the priest and the middle of the altar.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Agosto Machado’s altars channel Betye Saar’s assemblages, but have little of the mystery that makes her work so compelling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

On November 1 and 2, many Mexicans will visit their dead in cemeteries and place offerings at home on colorful altars.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2025

In England during the Reformation it was not only the altars that were stripped, but also sites in the landscape which were associated with animacy.

From Salon ● May 28, 2025

A trailblazer in Chicano art, Amalia Mesa-Bains is known for her reimagining of traditional Mexican altars and offerings and her presentations of Mexican American women’s spirituality.

From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2024

Thereafter only fat and bones were burned to the gods upon their altars.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton