Pater Noster, or the Lord's Prayer, is a prayer in Christianity. Pater Noster or Paternoster may also refer to: Places Paternoster, Western Cape, a fishing village in South Africa Paternosters, uninhabitable rocks in the Bailiwick of Jersey Paternoster (Estonian: ), historical name of an island in the Baltic Sea Buildings Pater Noster Lighthouse, a Swedish lighthouse located in Skagerrak Church of the Pater Noster, a church on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem Other uses Paternoster lift, a passenger elevator which consists of a chain of open compartments that move slowly in a loop up and down inside a building Paternoster beads, used in Christianity to recite the psalms Paternoster (surname), a surname Paternoster lake, one of a series of glacial lakes connected by a single stream or a braided stream system Paternoster Press, a British Christian publishing house See also Paternoster Row, once the centre of the London publishing trade, destroyed during the Blitz, replaced by: Paternoster Square, an urban development in London Paternoster Gang, a trio of recurring fictitious characters in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, whose headquarters was on Paternoster Row Paternoster cross, repositioning the letters of the Sator Square