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 BuzduganThe cemetery of Târgu Ocna city, Romania. Photo: Mihaela Popa IgnatMonastic tonsure in a church in Uganda where the names of the saints are written in Romanian. Photo: Facebook / Uganda Orthodox Church – Holy Metropolis of KampalaA young pilgrim at Bucharest’s Radu Vodă Monastery on Sunday, November 6, 2022. Photo: Antonio CîrdeiAutumnal view of Comana Monastery in the county of Giurgiu, Romania. Photo: Comana Monastery / Dragoș GrigoreCommemoration of the departed at Bucharest’s Brâncuși Parish. Photo: Facebook / Parohia BrâncușiA ray of light enters through the church window at Turnu Monastery. Photo: Ziarul Lumina / Mihnea PăduraruColțul Chiliilor Monastery in Zărnești, Romania. The name translates as “the Corner with Monastic Cells” Photo: Eduard NlbA Romanian monk in the warm light of the autumnal sun. Photo: Instagram / Nicolau PaulA 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 EneProcession with the wonderworking Icon of the Mother of God from Pocrov Skete in the city of Slobozia, Romania. Photo: Diocese of Slobozia and CălărașiMosaic work in progress at Romania’s National Cathedral in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro / Iulian DumitrașcuChildren from Rwanda, Africa, carry the names they are about to receive at their Orthodox baptism. Photo: Facebook / Părintele NectarieThe “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 EchimHis 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 HușiThe “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 BacăuBishop Lucian of Caransebeș, Romania, blessing an old lady. Photo: Diocese of Caransebeș
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