The Week in Pictures: November 13 – 19, 2023

The photos taken in the first week of the Nativity Fast capture the transition from autumn to winter and the joy of the first snowfall in Moldova and Bukovina.

Archimandrite Hristofor Bucur from Poiana Brașov Monastery, performing the Baptism rite. Photo credit: Gabriela Iacob
Photo-memory for future generations: in front of the sculpted gates of a Romanian traditional household. Photo credit: Facebook / Anda Horoba
Soft autumn light falling on a cross in the cemetery of Peștera, Romania. Photo credit: Facebook / Irinel Cîrlănaru
Autumn landscape at Dervent Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: Protos. Sofronie Bobaru
Pantocrator fresco on the ceiling of the “Life Giving Fountain of the Mother of God” Church spire in Sascut Târg, Romania. Photo credit: Facebook / Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
St. John Chrysostom was honoured at the Ecumenical Patriarchate according to tradition, by placing his icon on the patriarchal throne and bringing out his relics for worship on Monday, November 13. Photo credit: ec-patr.org / Nikos Papachristou
The “Syriac” Mother of God Icon from Ghighiu Monastery, Romania, was honoured at the Șerban Vodă Church in Bucharest on Tuesday, November 14. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
The head of St. John Chrysostom was brought from Mount Athos’ Vatopaidi Monastery to the Greek town of Agrinio. Photo credit: ope.gr / Rafail Giorgiadis
Patriarch Theophilus III of Jerusalem honours the tomb of St. George the Great in Lydda on the day commemorating the moving of the saint’s relics, according to the old Church calendar. Photo credit: Facebook / Jerusalem Patriarchate
On guard at the Archdiocesan Cathedral in Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania. Photo credit: Popescu Andreea-Zenovia
At the Vigil before the commemoration of the Transfer of St. George’s relics – the patronal feast of the Romanian “Lacu” Skete Chapel, Athonite monks mention in prayer all the names sent by the faithful. Photo credit: chilieathonita.ro
Saint Paisios of Neamț was commemorated at Bucharest’s “Șerban Vodă” Church on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene
Patriarch John X of Antioch visited and blessed the patients of the hospital in the Wadi al-Nasara region from western Syria on Thursday, November 16, 2023. Photo credit: Facebook / Antiochian Patriarchate
Patriarch Daniel inaugurated a museum of church art in the basement of the Patriarchal Palace on Thursday, November 16, 2023. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
The first snowy morning at Putna Monastery, on November 18, 2023. Photo credit: Putna Monastery / Father Joseph
“St. Elijah” Church in Slănic Moldova resort, Romania, in its first winter snapshot of the season. Photo credit: Facebook / Turist prin Județul Bacău
Sunset seen from Mount Athos’s “St. Menas” Chapel. Photo credit: Iulian Lorin Juravle
First snow at the Pângărați Monastery, Romania, on November 18, 2023. Photo credit: Facebook / Mănăstirea Pângărați
Serbian Dečani Monastery in Kosovo, a UNESCO World Heritage site dating back to 1335, preserves over 1000 original frescoes. Photo credit: X / @DecaniMonastery
Monastery of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Brusturi, Romania, under this season’s first layer of snow, on November 18, 2023. Photo credit: Monastery of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
The first snow at Putna Monastery, on November 18, 2023. Photo credit: Monk Atanasie
“Children must be educated in the spirit of the Gospel of Christ’s love and of Christian values, through prayer and exhortation to holy living and good works” (Patriarch Daniel). Photo credit: Cristian Ioana-Cristina
Bucharest’s Antim Monastery glowing in the night. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Aurelian Iftimiu
Archbishop Anastasios of Albania received a painting from a child during the celebration on His Beatitude’s 51st anniversary as Archbishop on Sunday, November 19, 2023. Photo credit: Facebook / Radio “Ngjallja”
Stephen the Great’s Monastery in Putna, Romania, in the white of the night. Photo credit: Fr. Dositei Iancu
Orsoni Venezia 1888, the supplier of the tesserae used for the mosaic of the National Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, keeps track of all the colour samples created for this project. Photo credit: Instagram / @orsoni.venezia1888
Preparations for a baptism at the “Saints Peter and Paul” Cathedral in Balș, Romania. Photo credit: Alexandra Iliescu
Sunset over Neamț county, Romania. Photo credit: Facebook / Mănăstirea Sihăstria

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