The Week in Pictures: December 4 – 10, 2023

Two of the saints known for their kindness and generosity, Holy Hierarch Nicholas and St Philothea, were celebrated between December 4 and 10 in the Orthodox Church. They are true models of mercy shown to their neighbours.

The patronal feast St. Barbara at the Boteanu-Ienii Church in Bucharest, on December 4, 2023. Photo credit: Mariana Stancă
Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the underground salt church at Ocna Dej, Romania, on its patronal feast, St. Barbara, on December 4, 2023. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
A father who has just passed the venerable age of 100 prays to St. Demetrios the New at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Fr Serghie Pârău
Te Deum service officiated at Bucharest’s “St. Sava” National College on December 5, 2023, the feast day of St Sava the Sanctified, the protector of the high school. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Detail on a scarf at the performance “Saint Nicholas among children” held at the Patriarchal Palace in Bucharest on December 5, 2023. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
Saint Nicholas brought gifts to the children from the kindergarten in Negoiești Parish, Romania. Photo credit: Negoiești Parish
Monastic tonsure at Cernica Monastery, near Bucharest, Romania, on December 6, 2023. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
Varna, Bulgaria: The feast of Holy Hierach Nicholas, the patron saint of the Bulgarian Naval Forces and all those who sail the seas. Photo credit: Bulgarian Patriarchate
The Christmas gift caravan of the Diocese of Huși was kick-started on the feast of St. Nicholas. Photo credit: Instagram / Episcopia Hușilor
Sunrise at Rohia Monastery, Romania, on December 6, 2023. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
The first heavy snowfall of the winter season in Bucharest, Romania, on the Patriarchate Hill. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
The relics of St. Philothea at her feast on on December 7, 2023. She is the patron saint of the monastery in Curtea de Argeș, Romania. Photo credit: George Cristian
The canopy with the veil of Saint Philothea at the “Holy Archangels” Church in Topraisar, Constanta county. Photo credit: Protos. Sofronie Bobaru
The exhibition dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the “King Ferdinand I” National Museum was inaugurated at the National Bank of Romania on December 7, 2023. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Young people at the religious service officiated on the 30th anniversary of ASCOR Cluj – the Association of Christian Orthodox Students. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj
View of Parepa Lake from the Holy Altar of the Winter Chapel of the Holy Trinity Monastery – Parepa on the feast of Holy Hierarch Nicholas, the wonder-worker. Photo credit: Hierom. Benedict Rusu
The Christmas tree is being decorated in the “Holy Three Hierarchs – La Courneuve” Romanian Orthodox Parish from the suburbs of Paris. Photo credit: Damian Filip
The dome of the Zagreb Cathedral has been restored. Photo credit: Serbian Patriarchate
The icon of Panagia Myrtidiotissa left the island of Kythira, Greece, for the first time in history to be temporarily taken to Kissamos, Crete. Photo credit: Orthodoxia News Agency
Sunrise at Sihla Monastery, Romania, on December 9, 2023. Photo credit: Doxologia
The headquarters of the Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău, Romania, covered in snow. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Timișoara in twilight. Photo credit: Adrian Anitas
The Sărmurcășești Monastery church photographed on December 10, 2023, the 27th Sunday after Pentecost (Healing of the Weeping Woman). Photo credit: Ana-Maria Avram

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