Another week of Orthodox life captured through the camera lens reveals the joy of religious life. We invite you to view our Week in Pictures feature for March 20 – 26, 2023.
Mosaic icon of the Saviour at Bucharest’s Darvari Skete, on March 20, 2023. Photo: Mariana StancăThe Patriarch of Serbia blesses a child in the Bežanijska Kosa district of Belgrade, Serbia, on March 22, 2023. Photo: Serbian PatriarchateThe Patriarch of Georgia received the visit of famous Georgian football player Khvicha Kvaratskhelia on March 23, 2023. Photo: Georgian PatriarchateMonk reading from the Psalter in the church of Dervent Monastery, in Constanta county, Romania. Photo: Protos. Sofronie BobaruIntergenerational dialogue: students of Bucharest’s Theological Faculty attended the launch of the book “Latina prisca – The Well Kept Secret”, where they talked to the author of the book, Mrs. Aurelia Bălan Mihailovici, aged 87, on March 23, 2023. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuThe National Cathedral seen among the flowering branches of the trees. Photo: National Cathedral / Ana MaximChildren from the Romanian Patriarchate’s Annunciation Kindergarten prayed with educators and parents at the Te Deum service held at the kindergarten headquarters, on March 24, 2023. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuHis Eminence Iustin tried out the semantron of Rohia Monastery, on March 23, 2023. Photo: Diocese of Maramureș and SătmarGreat Vespers at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Cluj-Napoca, on March 24, 2023, on the eve of the Annunciation, which is also the patronal feast of the Cluj, Maramureș and Sălaj Metropolis. His Eminence Nicodim, Bishop of Severin and Strehaia officiated the religious service. Photo: Metropolis of Cluj / Ionuț ChifaThe Patriarch of Romania celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, together with the His Eminence Varlaam of Ploiești on March 25, 2023. Photo: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuThe Ecumenical Patriarchate participated in the Earth Hour project by switching off the electricity, on March 25, 2023. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate / Nikos PapachristouBucharest’s Dobroteasa Church on the feast of the Annunciation, March 25, 2023. Photo: Mariana StancăThe feast of the Annunciation at the Rosiers Monastery – the first Romanian monastic settlement in France, on March 25, 2023. Photo: MOREOM“Stairway to Heaven” – fresco with St. John Climacus’ “ladder of virtues” at Sucevita Monastery, Romania. Photo: Vasile IonuțThe wooden church of the “St Mary” Monastery in Techirghiol, Romania. Photo: Ioana Mihaela SandruA moment during the Holy Mass at Brâncuși Parish. Photo: Brâncuși Parish
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