Switzerland. Canton Ticino. Figino. Church «San Francesco». Don Gerald Chukwudi Ani is a catholic priest from Nigeria (Africa). He is celebrating the Vespers' holy mass which is a sunset evening prayer service in the Roman Catholic liturgies of the canonical hours. A painting with The Virgin Mary holding Jesus Christ in her arms with a Franciscan Father on her right. Mary was a 1st-century BC Galilean Jewish woman of Nazareth, and the mother of Jesus, according to the New Testament. The Franciscans are a group of related mendicant religious orders within the Catholic Church, founded in 1209 by Francis of Assisi. These orders include the Order of Friars Minor, the Order of Saint Clare, and the Third Order of Saint Francis. On the wall, an image of Saint Francis of Assisi (Italian: San Francesco d'Assisi), born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, informally named as Francesco (1181/1182 – 3 October 1226),who was an Italian Catholic friar, deacon and preacher. He founded the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women’s Order of Saint Clare, the Third Order of Saint Francis and the Custody of the Holy Land. Francis is one of the most venerated religious figures in history. 23.03.2018 © 2018 Didier Ruef