The Week in Pictures: September 5 – 11, 2022

Please see below the beauty of Orthodox faith captured in photos taken between September 5 – 11, 2022.

“St Panteleimon – Valea Lupului” Skete on the Transfăgărășan Road, one of the most beautiful alpine roads in the world, which goes through the county of Argeș, Romania.  Photo: Archdiocese of Argeș and Muscel
Little girl blessed with holy water by a priest during the inauguration of the new school year at the “Annunciation” Kindergarten of the Romanian Patriarchate, on September 5, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
A view towards the Orthodox Theology Faculty in Sibiu, Romania. Photo: Vasile Ionuț
Metropolitan Nektarios of Kition celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the “St George” Cathedral in Larnaca, Cyprus, on September 5, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro / Aurelian Iftimiu
Two men dressed in folk costumes guard the icon of the Mother of God at the “Annunciation” Cathedral in Komotini, Greece, on September 8, 2022. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate / Nikos Papachristou
September day on the Hill of the Cross next to Putna Monastery, in northern Romania. Photo: Facebook / Mănăstirea Putna
Procession with the icon of the “Syrian” Mother of God from Ghighiu Monastery on the eve of the patronal feast of Bucharest’s “Oborul Vechi” Church, on September 8, 2022. Photo: Mariana Stancă
Mother and child wait to receive the Holy Communion at the Patriarchal Cathedral, on September 8, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
Byzantine art on the streets of Budapest. Photo: Alin Mihail Deszo
An employee of the Romanian Prison Administration reads the Epistle at the Rahova Penitentiary Chapel, on September 8, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Rainbow over the “Dormition of the Mother of God” Church in the town of Comana de Sus, Brașov county, Romania. Photo: Eliza Cloțea
The Pantocrator tower of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Sibiu. Photo: Iuliana Cîmpan
Comana Monastery precincts on September 8, 2022. Photo: Comana Monastery / Dragoș Grigore
The church of Izbuc Monastery on September 9, 2022. Photo: Facebook / Mănăstirea Izbuc
The faithful receive the Holy Communion at Bucharest’s “Oborul Vechi” Church on the day of its patronal feast, September 9, 2022. Photo: Florescu Mircea
Little girl at the grave of Elder Sofian Boghiu from Căldărușani Monastery near Bucharest, Romania, on September 10, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
More than 100 children participated on Saturday, September 10, in the charity cross organized by Bucharest’s Brâncuși Parish to fundraise for its weekly creative workshops with the community children. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Two children cared for by the “Nativity of the Mother of God” monastic community in Piatra Fântânele,  Romania, help in the liturgical service by holding Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj’s crosier. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
His Eminence Calinic of Suceava and Rădăuți blessed the faithful at the “Holy Martyr John the New” Monastery in Suceava on September 11, 2022. Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți / Irina Ursachi
Patriarch Daniel blessed, on September 11, 2022, the renovation works for the “Holy Martyr Paraskevi and Venerable Paraskeva” Church in Ploiești, Romania. Photo: Ziarul Lumina / Luigi Ivanciu

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