Please find below the first week of 2024 in memorable images capturing the beauty of Orthodox life and one of the most important Christian holidays, the Epiphany.
Changing the Orthodox Calendar on the first day of the new year. Photo credit: Alexandra IliescuProclamation of the year 2024 as the Solemn Year of the pastoral care of the sick and the Commemorative Year of all the holy unmercenary healers, at the Patriarchal Cathedral, 1 January 2023. Photo credit: Basilica / Raluca Emanuela EneThe blessing of the Vasilopita in a parish in Neamț county, Romania, 1 January 2024. Photo credit: Ioana-Ana CacsoPriest blessing the animals in the households of the faithful on the occasion of the Epiphany, on January 4, 2024. Photo credit: Slămnoiu George CristianIn the the Solemn Year of the pastoral care of the sick, Abbot Polycarp of Mono Monastery, Canada, took the blessing of Bishop Ioan Casian to the Timmins Hospital. Photo credit: Holy Cross Orthodox MonasteryHuman love and compassion also manifests itself in the company of non-human beings. Photo credit: Basilica.roPatriarch Ilia of Georgia turned 91 years old on January 4, 2024. Photo credit: Georgian PatriarchateIcon of St. Nicephorus the Leper at Lazaret Parish, Bacău county, Romania, on January 4, 2024. Photo credit: Elena Brîndușa PopoviciA young man victoriously lifts the cross recovered from the waves of the Black Sea at Constanța, Romania, on January 6, 2024, when the waters are blessed for the feast of Epiphany. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Tomis / Archdeacon. Vali VădănoiuEpiphany blessing on the muddy lanes of Isca, Gavrilești and Pogor hamlets in Alba county, Romania. Photo credit: Facebook / Parohia Sf. Cuv. Parascheva – MeteșAfter a steep climb towards Pătrunsa Monastery, the Holy Cross rises in the eyes of the pilgrims, bringing hope after effort. Photo credit: Andreea PopescuEpipahy and blessing of the water at Darvari Skete in Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Gabriel DrumeaBlessing of the faithful with holy water on the feast of the Epiphany celebrated at St. John Parish in Bacău, Romania, on January 6, 2024. Photo credit: Facebook / Parohia Sf. Ioan BacăuFather Mircea Filip from a Romanian Orthodox Parish in Paris, France, sprinkles his daughter with holy water on the feast of the Epiphany. Photo credit: Damian FilipFeast of the Baptism of the Lord at Parepa Monastery, Romania, on 6 January 2024. Photo credit: Hieromonk Benedict RusuBlessing of the waters of Neajlov River at Comana Monastery, Romania, on the feast of Epiphany, celebrated on January 6, 2024. Photo credit: Mănăstirea ComanaThe Great Blessing of the water on the feast of Epiphany at the Orthodox Cathedral in Roman, Romania, on January 6, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and BacăuBlessing of the faithful with holy water in Orhei, the Republic of Moldova, on the feast of Epiphany celebrated according to the revised Church calendar. Photo credit: Facebook / Sergiu AgaThe Baptism of the Lord celebrated at Putna Monastery on January 6, 2024. Photo credit: Mănăstirea PutnaThe Baptism of Lord and the feast of Epiphany with the Great Blessing of water at Sihăstria Putnei Monastery. Photo credit: Ungureanu IonuțBlessing of animals on the feast of Epiphany. Photo credit: Facebook / Protos LeontieGoing from house to house on Epiphany, an Orthodox and a Catholic priest met on the roads of Comănești, Bacău county, Romania. Photo credit: Facebook / Parohia Catolica „Sf. Anton de Padova” ComăneștiIn addition to the streets named after saints, archpriests and priests, there is a street in Bucharest called Monk’s Entrance. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Hierodeacon Nicolae IftimiuArchbishop Casian blessed the waters of the Danube River on January 6, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Lower DanubeIcon of the Saviour painted by Father Sofian Boghiu on the walls of “St Mary” – Monastery in Techirghiol, Constanța county, Romania. Photo credit: Mariana StancăPatriarch Daniel blessed the faithful on the Patriarchal Hill on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, on January 6, 2023. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea FlorescuChristmas carols at the Lacu Romanian Hermitage in Holy Mount Athos, on January 7, 2024. Photo credit: O chilie athonită
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