Hundreds of people attended the Great Blessing of Waters at Putna Monastery on this year’s feast of the Theophany of the Lord.
The service was officiated by the monastery’s abbot, the Very Rev. Archimandrite Melchisedec Velnic.
Photography courtesy of Putna Monastery / Iosif Andronic
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