The Week in Pictures: April 15 – 22, 2024

Our current Week-in-Pictures photo feature invites you to a virtual trip to the remote land of New Zealand and back to Romania, presenting the cultural richness of the Orthodox world and illustrating the deep connections between faith, community and tradition.

Faces of pilgrims participating in the Youth Pilgrimage The Youth Pilgrimage on foot from Iclod to Nicula Monastery, Romania, on April 20, 2024. Photo credit: Sebastian Suărășan
April morning at Parepa Monastery in Prahova County, Romania. Photo credit: Hierom. Benedict Rusu
Ladder going up to the Burning Bush Museum of the Antim Monastery in Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Hierod. Nicolae Iftimiu
An oasis of peace at Pogleț Monastery, Bacău county, Romania. Photo credit: Florin Postolache
His Grace Michael, Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Australia and New Zealand, with the panorama of Wellington, New Zealand in the background. Photo credit: Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand
Beautiful rainbow over Antim Monastery in Bucharest, Romania. Photo credit: Veronica Apostol
An icon of Our Lady in the back window of a parked car in Bucharest. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca Emanuela Ene

Funeral service for Hieromonk Ioachim Enea, treasurer of Cernica Monastery, Romania, on April 17, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Hierod. Nicolae Iftimiu
Old couple coming to Bucharest’s Patriarchal Cathedral for the service of the Great Canon on April 17, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca Emanuela Ene
A synaxis of priests enters the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on April 19, 2024. Photo credit: Ecumenical Patriarchate
The Akhatist Hymn at the Church dedicated to the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul and the Transylvanian Saints in the Mediaș Cemetery, Romania. Photo credit: Ovidiu Tătar
The Youth Pilgrimage on foot from Iclod to Nicula Monastery, Romania, took place on Saturday, April 20, 2024. Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
Sunset at Nicula Monastery, Romania, on April 20, 2024. Photo credit: Anca-Maria Bica
Ecumenical Patriarch at the 9th “Our Ocean” International Conference. Photo credit: Ecumenical Patriarchate / Nikos Papachristou
Prayers to Venerable Demetrius the New during the historic pilgrimage organised in Bucharest’s 6th Sector Deanery on April 20, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca Emanuela Ene
Thousands of faithful were present at Rohia Monastery in northern Romania on April 21, 2024, to celebrate 30 years since their bishop, His Grace Iustin of Maramureș and Sătmar, became a hierarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Photo credit: Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
Moment of prayer at the “Saint Paraskeva” Archdiocesan Cathedral in Roman on April 21, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
“Veniamin Costachi” Orthodox Theological Seminary from Neamț Monastery, Romania. Photo credit: “Veniamin Costachi” Orthodox Theological Seminary / Cristi Ieremia
Divine Liturgy at the “Saint Paraskeva” Archdiocesan Cathedral in Roman on April 21, 2024. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Several hierarchs of the Romanian Orthodox Church were present at Rohia on April 21, 2024, to celebrate 30 years since Bishop Iustin of Maramureș and Sătmar became a hierarch. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Marius Romilă
The historical pilgrimage with the relics of St Demetrius the New through the Archdiocese of Bucharest reached Brâncuși Parish from Bucharest’s 6th Sector on April 21, 2024. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu

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