The Week in Pictures: December 27, 2021 – January 2, 2022

Please find below our photo selection for the first week of the New Year. Part of the Orthodox world is preparing for Christmas according to the unrevised calendar.

The feast of the Holy Archdeacon Stephen was celebrated under snowflakes at the Romanian Lainici Monastery. Photo: Gabriela
Father Petar Tsankov built 40 stone shrines in the woods above the city of Sveti Vlas (St. Blaise), the old city of Larissa, in today’s Nessebar Municipality region, Bulgaria. Photo: Pravlife.org
Christmas carolers surrounding Fr. Marcel Coisin at the Romanian Orthodox Parish Vejle-Kolding in the Kingdom of Denmark. Photo: Ramona Comănescu
“Bicaz Quay 1” Parish in sunset light. Photo: Emil Arghire
“Look towards Heaven!” The last day of the year at Dervent Monastery, in the county of Constanța, Romania. Photo: Protosyncellus Sofronie Bobaru
A peaceful evening at Father Arsenie Papacioc’s place of repose. Photo: Florin Postolache
Patriarch John of Antioch at the Te Deum service for the New Year in the Damascus Cathedral, Syria. Photo: Facebook / Antioch Patriarchate
Children at Mosocw’s “Christ the Saviour” Cathedral on New Year’s Eve. Photo: Patriarchia.ru / Sergey Vlasov
A little girl named Melania holding the icon of her patron saint, St. Melania of Rome. Photo: Larisa Damean
The first day of the year at the Cotumba Monastery in the county of Bacău, Romania. Photo: Florina Fabian
The Metropolitan Cathedral of western Romania’s city of Timişoara on the first day of the year 2022. Photo: Stela Plămadă
Holy Crosses. Photo: Andrei Munteanu
Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia distributing candies to children on the Sunday before Christmas according to the unrevised calendar. Photo: Spc.rs
On the Sunday before Christmas according to the unrevised calendar, Jerusalem Patriarchate commemorates the Hagiotaphite Fathers passed away into the Lord. Photo: Facebook / Jerusalem-Patriarchate
Metropolitan Nicholas of Plovdiv celebrates the Divine Liturgy at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on the first day of the year. Photo: Bg-Patriarshia.bg
Bucharest: The icons of the Solemn and Commemorative Year 2022 in the Romanian Patriarchate were carried into the Patriarchal Cathedral on the first day of the year. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
Daylight and the light of the Church’s teachings join in harmony at Hlincea Monastery during Abbot Metodie’s sermon. Photo: Cristian Bârleanu
A boy named Arsenie is happy to have received a little icon of St. Seraphim of Sarov on the saint’s feast day. Photo: Basilica / Raluca Ene
“St. John the Baptist Church” in the city of Botoșani, Romania, is reflected in a Christmas tree ornament. Photo: Lori Gia

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