The Feast of Saint Demetrios the New 2019 | PHOTO GALLERY

Published by Mircea Florescu
28.10.2019

The Patriarchal Cathedral’s square in Bucharest was filled with pilgrims coming from across Romania to celebrate the feast day of Saint Demetrios the New, the spiritual protector of the capital.

Thousands of believers waited in line for hours to bow down before the relics of St Demetrios the New, the newly-glorified Saint Dionysius Erhan, and St Philothea, a martyr associated with the Romanian village through her depiction as dressed in traditional folk costume.

Sărbătoarea Sfântului Dimitrie. Credit foto: Basilica / Mircea Florescu

Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu

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