The Week in Pictures: October 31 – November 6, 2022

From faraway Africa to autumnal Romania, Orthodox life calls us to prayer and Christian living. Please see below our Week in Pictures photo feature for the period October 31 – November 6, 2022.

Romanian radio host Daniel Buzdugan visited a hermit according to a Facebook post from November 1, 2022. Photo: Facebook / Daniel Buzdugan
The cemetery of Târgu Ocna city, Romania. Photo: Mihaela Popa Ignat
Monastic tonsure in a church in Uganda where the names of the saints are written in Romanian. Photo: Facebook / Uganda Orthodox Church – Holy Metropolis of Kampala
A young pilgrim at Bucharest’s Radu Vodă Monastery on Sunday, November 6, 2022. Photo: Antonio Cîrdei
Autumnal view of Comana Monastery in the county of Giurgiu, Romania. Photo: Comana Monastery / Dragoș Grigore
Commemoration of the departed at Bucharest’s Brâncuși Parish. Photo: Facebook / Parohia Brâncuși
A ray of light enters through the church window at Turnu Monastery. Photo: Ziarul Lumina / Mihnea Păduraru
Colțul Chiliilor Monastery in Zărnești, Romania. The name translates as “the Corner with Monastic Cells” Photo: Eduard Nlb
A Romanian monk in the warm light of the autumnal sun. Photo: Instagram / Nicolau Paul
Un monah ajută un copil să se închine la racla cu moaștele Sfântului Nectarie de la Mănăstirea Radu Vodă. Foto credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
A monk helped a child honour the holy relics of St Nektarios at Bucharest’s Radu Vodă Monastery on November 6, 2022. Photo: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
Procession with the wonderworking Icon of the Mother of God from Pocrov Skete in the city of Slobozia, Romania. Photo: Diocese of Slobozia and Călărași
Lucrările în mozaic de la Catedrala Națională. Foto credit: Basilica.ro / Iulian Dumitrașcu
Mosaic work in progress at Romania’s National Cathedral in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro / Iulian Dumitrașcu
Children from Rwanda, Africa, carry the names they are about to receive at their Orthodox baptism. Photo: Facebook / Părintele Nectarie
The “Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel” Church in Buduș, the county of Bistrița-Năsăud, which was consecrated on October 28, 1907 by Archim. Miron Cristea, who later became the first Patriarch of Romania, celebrated its patronal feast in advance on Sunday, November 6, 2022. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
His Grace Ignatie, Bishop of Huși, was met traditionally with bread and salt at the church in Pâhna, Vaslui county, Romania, in Saturday, November 5, 2022. Photo: Diocese of Huși
The “Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel” Parish in Negulești, Bacău county, celebrated in anticipation its patronal feast on Sunday, November 6, 2022. Photo: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Bishop Lucian of Caransebeș, Romania, blessing an old lady. Photo: Diocese of Caransebeș

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