As springtime brings nature back to life and rejuvenates it, the presence of children in Orthodox churches testifies to spiritual renewal and the perpetuation of Christian values.
Our February 19-25 Week-in-Pictures photo feature captures moments with children and their parents, grandparents and priests. They all form one large closely-knit Orthodox community.
On February 19, 2024, Bulgaria celebrated the 151st anniversary of the death of national hero Vasil Levski, who received the monastic schema under the name of Ignatius and was ordained a hieromonk. Photo credit: Bulgarian PatriarchateOn February 24, 2024, Sintești Parish, near Bucharest, Romania, commemorated the historic moment of 1856, when the Roma people in Wallachia became free by law. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela EnePicture from the church of Lipnița Monastery in southeastern Romania. Photo credit: Protos. Sofronie BobaruSculpture workshop at the Romanian Orthodox Parish in Bristol, UK. Photo credit: Fr. Ioan MoldovanValea Bistrei Monastery in Alba county on February 21, 2024. Photo credit: Monk Paisie VasileThe moon sheds its light over Trinities. Photo credit: Denisa Alexandra AnghelA child enjoys the beautiful weather at the Patriarchal Cathedral. Photo credit: Codeci Maria IuliaThe big church of Parepa Monastery, Romania, at evening time. Photo credit: Hierom. Benedict RusuOrdination of a deacon in Thessaloniki, Greece. Photo credit: Orthodoxia News AgencyResurrection of the Lord painted at the Orthodox Cathedral in Tirana, Albania. Photo credit: Antonio PoshnjariSaint Charalampus celebrated in Jerusalem, on February 10/23, 2024. Photo credit: Jerusalem PatriarchateThe myrrhbearing icon of Our Lady of Iviron from Hawaii was brought to the Romanian Orthodox Monastery of Mono, Canada, on February 24, 2024. Photo credit: Holy Cross Orthodox MonasteryA nun reads the Apostle at “St. Paraskeva” Cathedral in Roman, Romania, on February 24, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and BacăuThe Metropolitan of Cluj, Maramureș and Sălaj at Monor Parish, Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania, on February 25, 2024. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius EchimMoment of prayer at the Orthodox Parish of Cean in northern Romania, on February 25, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramureș and SătmarBright faces of children captured at the “Saint Paraskeva” Cathedral in Roman, Romania, on February 25, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and BacăuSunrise at Cernica Monastery’s islet near Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Hierod. Nicolae IftimiuPatriarch Porphirije at “St. Sabba” Cathedral in Belgrade, Serbia, on February 24, 2024. Photo credit: Serbian PatriarchateEcumenical Patriarch Bartholomew prayed with the Ukrainian community in Constantinople on February 24, 2024. Photo credit: Ecumenical Patriarchate / Nikos PapachristouFaithful at the Divine Liturgy officiated at the Cathedral of Negrești-Oaș, Romania, on February 25, 2024. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramureș and SătmarA little girl prays in the Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God in Pata Parish, Cluj County, Romania, on February 25, 2024. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Ionuț Chifa
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