The Week in Pictures: April 4 – 10, 2022

In the fifth week of Lent, the Great Canon Compline and the Akathist Hymn Compline are officiated in most of the Romanian Orthodox churches, while those following the unrevised calendar celebrate Annunciation. Please find below our Week in Pictures feature for the week of April 4 – 10, 2022.

The National Cathedral seen through blossoming branches on April 4, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
The statue of Princess Bălașa, daughter of Martyr Prince Constantin Brâncoveanu, in front of the church that she founded in Bucharest, Romania. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
Activities with children before the feast of the Resurrection of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ at Bucharest’s “Annunciation – Belu” Church. Photo: Fr. Dan Bărîcă
Blessed Augustine’s tomb at “St Peter” Church in Pavia, Italy. Photo: Basilica.ro / Aurelian Iftimiu
Fresco at the “Santa Maria di Chiaravalle” Abbey, Milan, captured on April 5, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro / Aurelian Iftimiu
Sunset at Dervent Monastery, in Constanța county. Photo: Protosyncellus Sofronie Bobaru
Frontal view from the National Cathedral, with exterior works that were completed until April 6, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro / Iulian Dumitrașcu
Double exposure photo captured at the Great Canon Compline officiated at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest on April 6, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
Young ATOS members participated in the tree planting campaign organized by the Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți at the Ilișești Church Forest Reserve. Photo: ATOS Suceava
St Menas’ icon seen through the magnolia flowers in from the saint’s church in Bucharest, Romania. Photo: Ecaterina Anton
Graffiti with St Sava’s icon in Zvornik, Bosnia & Herzegovina. Photo: Facebook / Diocese of Zvornik
Auxiliary Bishop Benedict of Bistrița officiated the Great Canon Compline at the “Holy Apostles Peter and Paul” Church in Cluj city’s Mănăștur neighbourhood on April 6, 2022. Photo: Ionuț Chifa / Metropolis of Cluj
The feast of the Annunciation at the Vatopaidi Monastery on Holy Mount Athos. Photo: Orthodoxia News Agency
The Patriarch of Serbia participated in the Annunciation celebrations organized by a Belgrade kindergarten. Photo: Serbian Patriarchate
Annunciation Procession in Nazareth. Photo: Jerusalem Patriarchate
The International Rroma People Day celebrated in the Romanian Archdiocese of Râmnic. Photo: Archdiocese of Râmnic
The International Rroma People Day celebrated in „The Birth of St John the Baptist” Church in Turda, a parish doing mission work among Rroma people. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj / Marius Romilă
A faithful woman prays by the relics of St Demetrios the New at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest on April 8, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Sunset at “St Paraskeva” Church in Rădăuți. Photo: Cătălin Urdoi
The Youth Pilgrimage on Foot from Iclod to Nicula Monastery in Transylvania, the 9th edition, on April 9, 2022. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj / Ionuț Chifa
His Grace Macarie, Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Northern Europe, with the faithful of Molde, Norway, on April 9, 2022. Photo: Diocese of Northern Europe
His Grace Timotei of Prahova officiated the 40-day commemoration service for Stavrophore Nun Irina Pântescu, the first abbess of Voroneț Monastery, on April 10, 2022. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava / Irina Ursachi

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