The Week in Pictures: March 23 – 29, 2026

Please find below our photo selection for the week of March 23–29, 2026. The main events were the Feast of the Annunciation, the March for Life, and the services dedicated to the fifth week of Great Lent.

The Great Canon at “Saint Elijah” Church in Finchley, London, on March 23, 2026. Photo credit: Cristina Zaharescu
Auxiliary Bishop Damaschin of Dorna blessing the faithful at the patronal feast of Sihăstria Putnei Monastery in Romania on March 25, 2026. Photo credit: Sabin Simota
Archbishop Ioachim officiated a memorial service at the Annunciation Parish in Bacău, Romania, on March 25, 2026. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Paisie of Sinai, together with children at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, on March 25, 2026, the Feast of the Annunciation. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
Entrance to the church of Sihăstria Putnei Monastery, Romania, on March 25, 2026. Photo credit: Sabin Simota
A child kissing the icon of the Mother of God. Photo credit: Flori Mureșan
“The Lord loves man so much that He gives him the gifts of the Holy Spirit. But until he learns to preserve grace, the soul passes through many storms” – Saint Silouan the Athonite, fresco at Essex Monastery, UK. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Ana Maria Vlase
A child present at the March for Life in Bucharest, Romania, on March 28, 2026. Photo credit: Basilica.ro / Raluca-Emanuela Ene
Young participants at the March for Life in Suceava, Romania, on March 28, 2026. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți
“Rejoice, thou that art full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.” (Luke 1:28) — at Bucharest Emergency Clinical Hospital. Photo credit: Facebook / Radu Țincu
On the Saturday of the Akathist Hymn to the Mother of God, March 28, 2026, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I officiated the Divine Liturgy at the Blachernae Church in Constantinople. Photo credit: fosfanariou / Yani Kayakoparan
Archbishop Ioachim of Roman and Bacău prayerfully marked his 72nd birthday on March 29, 2026. Photo credit: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
The churching of an infant at the “Holy Apostles Peter and Paul” and the “Transylvanian Saints” Cemetery Church in Mediaș, Romania. Photo credit: Ovidiu Tătar
Romanian Orthodox Bishop Macarie embracing a child in Gothenburg, Sweden, on March 29, 2026. Photo credit: Diocese of Northern Europe
Children waiting to receive Holy Communion at the Annunciation Parish in Beclean, Romania, on March 29, 2026. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj
The Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania marked one year since his enthronement by celebrating the Divine Liturgy at the Resurrection of Christ Cathedral in Tirana, Albania, on March 29, 2026. Photo credit: Facebook / RadioNgjallja
On the way to the church of Cernica Monastery, Romania, on March 29, 2026. Photo credit: Cernica Monastery / Artemie Ixari
Children in traditional costumes at the Divine Liturgy celebrated in Iara Parish, Romania, on March 29, 2026. Photo credit: Metropolis of Cluj / Darius Echim
The abbot of Cernica Monastery, Romania, giving Holy Communion to children, on March 29, 2026. Photo credit: Cernica Monastery / Artemie Ixari
The Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Northern Europe baptised a young Swede in Gothenburg on March 29, 2026. Photo credit: Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Northern Europe

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